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Cigarettes are one of few products which can be sold legally which can harm and even kill you over time if used as intended. Currently there are ongoing lawsuits in the USA which aim to hold tobacco companies responsible for the effects of smoking on the health of long term smokers. Benzene (petrol additive)
A colourless cyclic hydrocarbon obtained from coal and petroleum, used as a solvent in fuel and in chemical manufacture - and contained in cigarette smoke. It is a known carcinogen and is associated with leukaemia. Formaldehyde (embalming fluid)
A colourless liquid, highly poisonous, used to preserve dead bodies - also found in cigarette smoke. Known to cause cancer, respiratory, skin and gastrointestinal problems. Ammonia (toilet cleaner)
Used as a flavouring, frees nicotine from tobacco turning it into a gas, found in dry cleaning fluids. Acetone (nail polish remover)
Fragrant volatile liquid ketone, used as a solvent, for example, nail polish remover - found in cigarette smoke. Tar
Particulate matter drawn into lungs when you inhale on a lighted cigarette. Once inhaled, smoke condenses and about 70 per cent of the tar in the smoke is deposited in the smoker's lungs. Nicotine (insecticide/addictive drug)
One of the most addictive substances known to man, a powerful and fast-acting medical and non-medical poison. This is the chemical which causes addiction. Carbon Monoxide (CO) (car exhaust fumes)
An odourless, tasteless and poisonous gas, rapidly fatal in large amounts - it's the same gas that comes out of car exhausts and is the main gas in cigarette smoke, formed when the cigarette is lit. Others you may recognize are : Arsenic (rat poison), Hydrogen Cyanide (gas chamber poison)
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What chemical in cigarettes in addictive?
This substance is nicotine.
What is the addicted chemial in cigarets?
nicotine is the main addictive chemical (drug) in cigarettes
How addictive are cigarettes?
Cigarettes are very addictive because once you've started it's hard to stop. Nicotine, the main chemical in cigarettes causes you to get tempted to smoke it because of the high level of amounts in a cigarette
What is the chemical in a cigarette?
There are many different chemicals present in cigarettes but the drug Nicotine is what makes them addictive.
The addictive drug in cigarettes is carbon monoxide?
Nicotine is the addictive substance in cigarettes.
How is smoking so addictive?
The nicotine in cigarettes is highly addictive.
What makes smoking so addictive?
There is a powerful ingredient in cigars and cigarettes called nicotine.Nicotine is addictive,which is why they put it in cigars and cigarettes.
Is tobacco less addictive than alchohol?
alcohol can only be physiologically addictive but cigarettes because cigarettes have nictine which addicts the person.
Why do humans crave cigarettes?
Humans crave cigarettes when they try them because of a product called nicotine, which is addictive. Plus, to keep business, cigarette companies add all sorts of addictive chemicals to make you not quit smoking.
Why would cigarette makers make the addictive posionous?
It is all a scheme to get money from people who are addicted to cigarettes and find it too hard to stop. I don't believe that they make it poisonous on purpose, the thousands of chemicals the cigarettes contain just happen to be poisonous. Tobacco is in cigarettes and very harmful, but they know it is addictive (along with nicotine) so they put it in cigarettes anyway.
What is the difference between cigarettes and chewing tobacco?
Both are addictive and make your teeth a different color. However, cigarettes are really deadly since it has chemicals that are not found, say, in a organic tobacco leaf. To give an idea, cigarettes have tar, nicotine etc.
Why is smoking cigarettes hard to stop?
Yes, depending on the person cigarettes are highly addictive.
