ABSTRACT
Nicotine is a naturally occurring component of a number of common plants and dietary vegetables such as potatoes, tomatoes, and eggplants. However, except for tobacco, the nicotine content of plants is generally insignificant in toxicological situations. The most common source of nicotine is tobacco in forms for smoking, chewing, or use as snuff. Nicotine is also available in an expanding variety of commercial products for nicotine replacement therapy for smoking cessation. The extraction of nicotine from tobacco products is commonly discussed in manuals and on Internet sites that target survivalists and militant individuals, and people exploring suicidal methodology. Extraction is also described on Internet sites dealing with natural insecticides for organic gardening. Nicotine-containing insecticides are no longer commercially available in the United States. In 2014, a 29-year-old man with a history of depression composed a suicide note and then overdosed by injecting a nicotine solution that he had for refilling his nicotine replacement electronic smoking device.
