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  • Arsenic
  • Benzene
  • Beryllium (a toxic metal)
  • 1,3-Butadiene (a hazardous gas)
  • Cadmium (a toxic metal)
  • Chromium (a metallic element)
  • Ethylene oxide
  • Nickel (a metallic element)
  • Polonium-210 (a radioactive chemical element)
  • Vinyl chloride

Other toxic chemicals in tobacco smoke are suspected to cause cancer, including the following (3):

  • Formaldehyde
  • Benzo[α]pyrene
  • Toluene

Most of the above are absorbed by the tobacco plant from the environment, so they are also present in the "healthy" fruit and vegetables we are encouraged to eat.

Incidentally, seventeen chemicals found in coffee have been "linked to cancer".

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