Cigarettes
What's In a Cigarette?
Tobacco companies put chemicals in cigarettes to make them taste better and to keep people smoking. Of the 4,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, at least 250 are known to be harmful.
Among the 250 known harmful chemicals in tobacco smoke, more than 50 have been found to cause cancer.
INGREDIENTS INCLUDE:
Acetaldehyde
ethanol
irritates mucous membranes
Acetic Acid
vinegar
Acrolein
toxic acid
Ammonia
household cleaning products
Arsenic
poison
Benzene
from coal tar and in
motor fuel and varnishes
Butane
cigarette lighter fluid
Cadmium
used in paint
Carbon Disulfide
car exhaust in a closed garage
Carbon Monoxide
car exhaust fumes
Formaldehyde
embalming fluid
Hydrogen Cyanide
gas chamber poison
Lead
a poison
causes brain damage
Methane
swamp gas
Methanol
rocket fuel
Naphthalene
mothballs
Nicotine
insecticide/addictive drug
Nitrobenzene
gasoline additive
Nitrous Oxide Phenols
disinfectant
Toluene
industrial solvent
Vinyl Chloride
makes PVC
