Green Tobacco Sickness

[2][3] Green Tobacco Sickness is characterized by a wide range of symptoms, including nausea, vomiting, headache, dizziness, and severe weakness.

Those referred to as neurological complaints include headaches, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, chills, weakness, and increased perspiration and salivation.

[2][9] Individuals who are new to working on tobacco farms could also be at an elevated risk due to a lack of knowledge about GTS as well as having little experience with safe harvesting practices.

Wet clothing that has come in contact with tobacco leaves should be removed immediately and the skin should be washed with warm soapy water.

However, those working with tobacco plants often do so in very warm weather, so it is essential that workers are given adequate breaks and opportunities for hydration in order to avoid heat exhaustion.

[2] Wet clothing that has come in contact with tobacco leaves should be removed immediately and the skin should be washed with warm soapy water.

[4] The symptoms of GTS are similar to those of other conditions that are common in this profession, such as heat illness and pesticide poisoning, which can sometimes lead to misdiagnosis.