Chemicals in Cigarettes
Over 4,000 chemical combinations occur when a cigarette is lit. A pack-a-day smoker (20 cigarettes every day) will take in about 75,000 doses of these chemicals in one year. Here's a partial list:
Additives
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Cancer Causing Chemicals
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Metals
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- Acetone
Nail Polish Remover
- Acetic Acid
Vinegar
- Ammonia
Floor/Toilet Cleaner
- Arsenic
Poison
- Butane
Cigarette Lighter Fluid
- Cadmium
Rechargeable Battery
- Carbon Monoxide
Car Exhaust
- DDT /Dieldrin
Insecticides
- Ethanol
Alcohol
- Formaldehyde
Body Tissue Preservative
- Hexamine
Barbecue Lighter
- Hydrogen Cyanide
Gas Chamber Poison
- Methane
Swamp Gas
- Methanol
Rocket Fuel
- Naphthalene
Mothballs
- Nicotine
Insecticide/Addictive Drug
- Nitrobenzene
Gasoline Additive
- Nitrous Oxide
Phenols
Disinfectant
- Stearic Acid
Candle Wax
- Toluene
Industrial Solvent
- Vinyl Chloride
Makes PVC2
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- Nitrosamines
- Chrysene
- Cadmium
- Benzo(a)pyrene
- Polonium 210
- Nickel
- P.A.H.S
- Dibenz Acidine
- B-Napthylamine
- Urethane
- Nitrosonornicotine
- Toluidine
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- Aluminum
- Zinc
- Magnesium
- Mercury
- Gold
- Silicon
- Silver
- Titanium
- Lead
- Copper
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