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Nicotine itself is not especially bad for you, but the other chemicals that go along with smoking AND smokeless tobacco are deadly.

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Does passive smoking contain carbon monoxide and nicotine?

Yes, passive smoking, also known as secondhand smoke, contains both carbon monoxide and nicotine. When tobacco is burned, it releases a variety of harmful chemicals, including these two substances, which can be inhaled by non-smokers nearby. Carbon monoxide is a toxic gas that can impair oxygen delivery in the body, while nicotine is a highly addictive substance that can affect cardiovascular health. Exposure to passive smoking poses significant health risks to those who are not directly smoking.


What effect does carbon manoxide have on the body?

It puts harmful chemicals into your blood cells, it also suffocates you and your body dies quicker.


A target organ hazard targets what?

A target organ hazard is a toxic effect that primarily affects a specific organ or system in the body, such as the liver, kidneys, or lungs. These hazards are associated with certain chemicals or substances that have the potential to cause harm to specific organs upon exposure.


What are toxic emissions?

Toxic wastes are poisonous materials that are being dumped somewhere in nature. They harm many plants and animals and have a huge impact on our health. Toxic waste is the most harmful form of pollution to sea life and humans. When toxic waste harms an organism, it can quickly be passed along the food chain and may eventually end up being our seafood. In the food chain, one toxic organism gets eaten by another, larger animal, which gets eaten by another animal, and can end up being our seafood. Toxic waste gets into seas and oceans by the leaking of landfills, dumps, mines, and farms. Farm chemicals and heavy metals from factories can have a very harmful effect on marine life and humans.Toxic waste is waste that is poisonous. Or toxic to the human body.


How does nicotine leave the body?

Nicotine leaves the body primarily through urine, with a small amount also eliminated through sweat, saliva, and breast milk. The liver metabolizes nicotine into cotinine, which is then excreted in the urine.

Related Questions

Do all toxic chemicals have both local and systemic effects?

Not all toxic chemicals have both local and systemic effects. Some toxic chemicals may primarily affect the area where the exposure occurred (local effect) without spreading to other parts of the body (systemic effect). It depends on the specific chemical and how it interacts with the body.


What body systems do nicotine effect?

Nicotine is an extremely addictive drug. When smoking, nicotine enters the bloodstream and goes straight to the brain. The brain is the body system that nicotine effects


Which chemicals enter the body when a person smokes a tobacco cigarette?

nicotine inters the body -logan dayaye


Do cigarettes have alcohol?

no... but it does have more than 4,000 chemicals nd 200 of them r toxic to the human body and they have 43 cancer causing substances


How does nicotine effect your body?

Nicotine can cause cardiovascular accidents or heart attacks. This is dangerous and remarkably one of the most used and addictive drugs.


What effect does wood alcohol on the human body?

It is highly toxic to the human body.


Why are people so addicted to cigarettes?

Nicotine is used in the making of cigarettes and most people use it as a depressant.It also causes the release of natural chemicals in our brain called beta-endorphins. These chemicals cause us to feel more alert and calm. The problem is that nicotine isn't stored in the body so these effects last only a few minutes. We need to absorb more and more nicotine to make the effects last. because of nicotine, a drug that makes your brain think that it needs more through physical dependence (that's when you get other side effects when you don't smoke).


Does the human body need nicotine?

Nicotine is found in tobacco plants as a poisonous alkaloid, most toxic in its pure state. In cigarettes, there is about 15 to 30 mgms of the allkaloid but the smoke contains less than 10 mgms and less than that is inhaled. While it is reported to be a relaxant, the human body has no use for nicotine.


What are the disadvantages of using insecticides indiscriminately for a long period of time?

Insecticides can be toxic to humans. and if used around food, chemicals can enter your food which is unhealthy for the body. Insecticides can be toxic to humans. and if used around food, chemicals can enter your food which is unhealthy for the body.


How many different chemicals does a cigarette have?

4000 different chemicals are in one cigarette


Does sterilized milk lessen the nicotine in the body system?

Sterilized milk does not lessen the nicotine in the body system as one has no direct effect on the other. Nicotine is pulled directly into the blood stream while milk must be slowly digested and broken down.


Which pair of chemicals is NOT used by the body to feel good?

Bleach and ammonia are not used by the body to feel good. These chemicals are toxic and can be harmful if ingested or inhaled. It is important to avoid exposure to these chemicals to protect your health and well-being.