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What is the component in tobacco smoke that is considered to be carcinogenic?
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Nicotine is the main carcinogenic component in tobacco.
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How many known poisons are in marijuana and tobacco smoke together?
There are a couple hundred toxic or carcinogenic chemicals in either pot or tobacco smoke.
Will a good smelling cigar still hurt you?
Tobacco is tobacco, no matter what it smells like. Wonderful to smoke but still considered carcinogenic even though cancer rates are almost the same for non-smokers.
Is tobacco smoke worse than wood smoke?
Wood smoke is much worse than tobacco second hand smoke. Wood smoke contains more than twelve times as many carcinogenic compounds, and is chemically active up to forty times longer in the lungs than tobacco.
Can smoke be a carcinogen?
Yes. Atmospheric pollution is carcinogenic; and cigarette smokers, who inhale high quantities of tobacco smoke, are a great risk of lung cancer and aesophageal cancer.
Does marijuanna have the same negative effects on your body as tobacco smoke?
Numerous studies have shown marijuana smoke to contain carcinogens and to be an irritant to the lungs. In fact, marijuana smoke contains 50-70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco smoke. Marijuana users usually inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than tobacco smokers do, which further increase the lungs' exposure to carcinogenic smoke. Marijuana smokers show dysregulated growth of epithelial cells in their lung tissue, which could lead to cancer;
Why is cannabis bad for people to smoke?
Because it contains 4 times the amount of carcinogens (cancer causing chemicals) that tobacco contains. Not true. In fact the latest research shows that cannabis contains protective agents that mitigate the carcinogenic effects of tobacco smoke.
What the three compounds in cigarette smoke?
Carbon monoxide, Tar, and nicotine. There are actually over 2000 additional compouds that are released from burning tobacco most of which are carcinogenic.
What is called small smoke?
Sidestream smoke is the smoke coming from a burning tobacco product and is the main component of Second-hand smoke, also known as Environmental Tobacco Smoke or passive smoking. It has been classified as a Class A carcinogen by the US Environmental Protection Agency.Side-stream smokesidestream smoke
What component in tobacco is considered to be a cancer causing agent?
The most damaging part of cigarette smoke is what we usually call tar, but which technically consists of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
What is worst for you tobacco smoke or exhaust smoke?
what is the worst for your health breathing in tobacco smoke or exhaust fumes
What can you smoke if you do not have weed?
Smoke tobacco
If tobacco is a drug why do people in recovery who smoke say their clean?
a drug is considered a mind altering substance.
