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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)
There are over 4,000 chemicals in cigarettes, 50 of which are toxic and known to cause cancer. Here is a summarized list of some of the most well known chemicals found in cigarettes:
-Benzene
-Formaldehyde
-Ammonia
-Acetone
-Tar
-Nicotine
-Carbon Monoxide
-Arsenic
-Hydrogen Cyanide
Tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines (TSNAs) are known to be some of the most potent carcinogens present in smokeless tobacco, snuff and tobacco smoke.
Benzene
Benzene can be found in pesticides and gasoline. It is present in high levels in cigarette smoke and accounts for half of all human exposure to this hazardous chemical.
Pesticides
Pesticides are used on our lawns and gardens, and inhaled into our lungs via cigarette smoke.
Formaldehyde
Formaldehyde is a chemical used to preserve dead bodies, and is responsible for some of the nose, throat and eye irritation smokers experience when breathing in cigarette smoke.
Chemicals in Cigarettes: Toxic MetalsToxic / heavy metals are metals and metal compounds that have the potential to harm our health when absorbed or inhaled. In very small amounts, some of these metals support life, but when taken in large amounts, can become toxic.Arsenic
Commonly used in rat poison, arsenic finds its way into cigarette smoke through some of the pesticides that are used in tobacco farming.
Cadmium
Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal that is used in batteries. Smokers typically have twice as much cadmium in their bodies as nonsmokers.
Radioactive Cigarette Smoke
Lead-210 (Pb-210) and polonium-210 (Po-210) are poisonous, radioactive heavy metals that research has shown to be present in cigarette smoke.
Ammonia
Ammonia compounds are commonly used in cleaning products and fertilizers. Ammonia is also used to boost the impact of nicotine in manufactured cigarettes.
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon monoxide is present in car exhaust and is lethal in very large amounts. Cigarette smoke can contain high levels of carbon monoxide.
Hydrogen Cyanide
Hydrogen cyanide was used to kill people in the gas chambers in Nazi Germany during World War II. It can be found in cigarette smoke.
Nicotine
Nicotine is a poison used in pesticides and is the addictive element in cigarettes.
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To put the above answer in perspective:
Formaldehyde is produced endogenously by the human body. So is ammonia. It is essential in the body as a building block for making proteins and other complex molecules.
The benzene, arsenic, cadmium and radioactive lead and polonium (along with several other 'nasties') are absorbed from the atmosphere and soil. They are also absorbed by 'healthy' fruit and vegetables.
Are pesticides not also used on fruit and veg? (Nicotinic pesticide is one of the few approved for organic farming!) Cyanide is present naturally in many nuts and some vegetables.
Nicotine and the dreaded TSNAs are allelochemicals produced by the tobacco plant. These are chemicals produced naturally by the plant to protect it from predators. (The tobacco plant is in the Solanum genus of plants, which also includes potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers and egg-plants.) Very little research has been performed on allelochemicals (apart from those from one specific plant!). How safe are those produced by curly kale or bananas?
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Chemicals found in tobacco are over 4,000, but some of the most known are: butane (lighter fluid), ammonia (toilet cleaner), carbon monoxide (car exhaust), and acetone(nail polish remover).
Carbon monoxide rat poison cyanide and many other dangerous chemicals
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nicotein, a very addicting drug. that's all i know of but there's probably more!
Tobacco contain nicotine, aldehydes, aromatic hydrocarbons, nitrosamines, etc.
benzene
Cigars have no added chemicals like cigarettes.
There 4000+ known chemicals in a cigarette
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E-cigarettes are not any safer than normal cigarettes because they both contain some of the same poisonous chemicals.
over 4000 chemicals including nicotine and tar
The maiN ingredient is Tobacco .. Cigarettes contain over 4000 chemicals ....
Nicotine is a stimulant. The other chemicals are basically pollution, so they do make you feel pretty crappy. Cigarettes are also addictive. The feelings you get from smoking are not related to the chemicals which cause depression, but they do stimulate some of the same areas in the brain.
Some are added during the processing of the tobacco, but most are present in the original plants.
nicotine
Substances found in electronic cigarettes include propylene glycol, glycerin, nicotine, water, and flavorings. There are also nicotine-free varieties, and some are flavored in ways that are not possible with traditional cigarettes.
Many are found in total there are 599 ingredients that are deadly in cigarettes