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Author: Michael Hunt, M.D. Educational Pearls: Children under age of 6 are at greatest risk of accidental nicotine overdose from ingestion. Biphasic presentation: Hyperadrenergic = nausea, vomiting, tachycardia, flushing. Bradycardia and respiratory depression. References: http://www.aapcc.org/alerts/e-cigarettes/ Mayer B. How much nicotine kills a human? Tracing back the generally accepted lethal dose to dubious self-experiments in the nineteenth century. Archives of Toxicology . 2013;88(1):5-7. doi:10.1007/s00204-013-1127-0.