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Tar is a sticky black substance which sticks to your lungs, from cigarette smoke. It can turn your lungs from pink to black, causing many health problems. It can cause lung cancer which can cause death. Tar can also cause very technical medical problems within the lungs!
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∙ 11y agoThere is a variety of dangerous chemicals in tobacco but nicotine is probably the worst. :)
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∙ 13y agoCarbon monoxide is a poisonous gas, which is also found in car exhaust fumes, tobacco and Cigars
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∙ 13y agoyes.. It is Nicotin.
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∙ 13y agoyes papper is posonous
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Which substance found in tobacco causes emphysema a disease of the lungs?
The answer is: Tar
Tar effects on the body?
tar is a sticky substance found in tobacco leaves when smocked it coats the lungs and aveoli. This prevents oxygen from reaching the blood.
What is the substance in tobacco products that cause stain teeth and skin?
the sticky brown substance in a cigarette is tar.
What is found in tobacco?
You mean what is nicotine found in? It occurs naturally in the tobacco plant as one of nature's pesticides (similarly to caffeine in tea and coffee, it is poisonous to insects). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotiana
What is the dark sticky substance made when tobacco burns?
Tar ,
What harmful effect can tar have on the human body?
Tar is the sticky substance that is found on tobacco leaves, when smoked this sticky substance coats the inside of your lungs and ball sack- preventing oxygen from reaching the circulatory system.
How much tar is in a cigarete?
"Tar" is the term used to describe the toxic chemicals found in cigarettes. The concentration of tar in a cigarette determines its rating:High-tar cigarettes contain at least 22 milligrams (mg) of tarMedium-tar cigarettes from 15 mg to 21 mgLow-tar cigarettes 7 mg or less of tar
What substance found in tobacco soke that causes cancer cells to develop is a. dependence b. atherosclerosis c. tar d. nicotine?
B
What is the sticky substance that forms when tobacco is burned?
tar and other toxic chemicals.
Name the two poisonous radioactive elements in tobacco?
Radium and Polonium are often found in tobacco. This is caused by the fertilizers used in the growing of the tobacco leaf itself. Tobacco contains only one radioactive element which is found in tar these are Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. The ammounts are negligible but undoubtedly contribute to the ill health asssosciated with smoking.
What is the tar level in smokeless tobacco?
there is no tar in smokless tobacco
What sticky substance that forms when tabbaco burns?
The smoke form burning tobacco can condense to form a black tar.
