Nicotine is the main carcinogenic component in tobacco.
There are a couple hundred toxic or carcinogenic chemicals in either pot or tobacco smoke.
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.
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.
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.
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;
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.
Carbon monoxide, Tar, and nicotine. There are actually over 2000 additional compouds that are released from burning tobacco most of which are carcinogenic.
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
The most damaging part of cigarette smoke is what we usually call tar, but which technically consists of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.
The results of one FDA review of 18 different e-cigarette cartridges found toxic and carcinogenic (cancer producing) chemicals in some but not others. All but one of the cartridges labeled "no nicotine" did, in fact, contain nicotine. It is the nicotine that is addictive. And using e-cigs do not reduce the urge to smoke.
The term carcinogenic refers to substances or agents that have the potential to cause cancer. These substances can be found in various environmental factors such as chemicals, radiation, tobacco smoke, and certain foods. Exposure to carcinogens over time can increase the risk of developing cancer.
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