Why can't someone who overdoses on nicotine ever smoke again?

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Like that guy Naylor in the movie, "Thank You For Smoking."
In the movie, and from what I understand to be true, if you have overdosed on nicotine you can no longer smoke. The body cannot handle nicotine anymore. If you have seen the movie, maybe you know what I'm talking about. Or maybe I misunderstood the movie and you can clarify. Either way, from what I understand, if you have overdosed on nicotine, it's toxic to ever consume again.
 
It is almost impossible to "overdose" on nicotine through inhaled contact.

The LD50 (lethal dose for 50% of a population, the excepted measure for chemical toxicity) for nicotine in humans is over 3 grams. With the average cigarette nicotine content of 0.5mg, it would require a minimum of 1500 cigarettes to be smoked to reach that dose. Even if a person attempt to smoke that much, the body would metabolize the nicotine as it was smoked so the actual number of cigarettes smoked would be much higher.

Your question is not valid if taken literally.
 
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