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This question is for my exam tmz so please help thanks Cigarette smoke contains tar nicotine and carbon monoxide which of these joins with hemoglobin?
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∙ 14y ago
hi.. .it is the carbon monoxide that binds to the Hb (haemoglobin),to form carboxyhaemoglobin. the nicotine tar gets accumulated in the alveoli of the lungs eventually leading to a condition called smoker's lungs. patients will present with early morning cough, rusty sputum and other symptoms of respiratory disease
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What contains harmful tars and nicotine and carbon monoxide?
Tobacco.
What is the level of tar in a camel cigarette?
tar 10mg nicotine 0.8mg carbon monoxide 10mg
What are five ingredients in a cigarette?
nicotine tar carbon monoxide tobacco Hydrogen cyanide ammonia
What is the equivalent of smoking an 18mg electronic cigarette compared to smoking a marlboro light cigarette?
A standard Marlboro cigarette contains about 11mg of nicotine, because of absorption differences, they are about equal puff for puff in nicotine.
What are the harmful substance in cigarette smoke and why?
Nicotine is one, and it is the one that causes addiction. The other is carbon monoxide which binds 40 times stronger to hemoglobin than oxygen. That lack of oxygen is what is part of the "high" feeling you get from smoking. You actually deprive your brain of oxygen.Nicotinetarcarbon monoxide
What drug is cigaretts?
Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known cancer-causing compounds and 400 other toxins. These cigarette ingredients include nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide, as well as formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and DDT. Nicotine is the drug in tobacco that makes smoking a powerful addiction.
Which tobacco product is less processed than cigarette tobacco and often contains more nicotine?
Cigars are less processed than cigarette tobacco and often contain more nicotine.
What is a electronic cigarette?
Electronic cigarette is an electric device that contains nicotine and nicotine free e liquid, it satisfied our hunger of smoke without harm. It doesn't have second hand smoke.
What are the three most harmful chemicals in cigarette smoke?
Carbon monoxide, tar, and nicotine are three very harmful things in cigarettes.
Does pure nicotine contain carbon monoxide?
Pure nicotine doesn't contain carbon monoxide.
Why is it bad for kids to do drugs?
CAUSE THEY'RE DRUGS. A common tobacco cigarette has Nicotine, Nickel, Carbon Monoxide and other cancer-causing ingredients.
How does the nicotine from a nicotine patch get into the skin?
Yes. Although the nicotine patch still has nicotine, an addictive substance, it does not have tar, particulates, carbon monoxide, ammonia, arsenic, methane, benzene, toluene, or any of the dozens of other nasty chemicals found in cigarette smoke.
