What's in that cigarette?
There are over 7,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke and at least 69 of those chemicals are known to cause cancer.
Chemicals in Cigarettes
Here's just a
partial list of the chemicals found in cigarettes:
Additives
- Acetone (Nail Polish Remover)
- Acetic Acid (Vinegar)
- Ammonia (Floor/Toilet Cleaner)
- Arsenic (Poison)
- Butane (Cigarette Lighter Fluid)
- Cadmium (Rechargeable Battery)
- Carbon Monoxide (Car Exhaust)
- DDT /Dieldrin (Insecticides)
- Ethanol (Alcohol)
- Formaldehyde (Body Tissue Preservative)
- Hexamine (Barbecue Lighter)
- Hydrogen Cyanide (Gas Chamber Poison)
- Methane (Swamp Gas)
- Methanol (Rocket Fuel)
- Naphthylamine (Mothballs)
- Nicotine (Insecticide/Addictive Drug)
- Nitrobenzene (Gasoline Additive)
- Nitrous Oxide (Phenols Disinfectant)
- Stearic Acid (Candle Wax)
- Toluene (Industrial Solvent)
- Vinyl Chloride (Makes PVC2)
Cancer Causing Chemicals
- Nitrosamines
- Chrysene
- Cadmium
- Benzo(a)pyrene
- Polonium 210
- Nickel
- P.A.H.S
- Dibenz Acidine
- B-Napthylamine
- Urethane
- Nitrosonornicotine
- Toluidine
Metals
- Aluminum
- Zinc
- Magnesium
- Mercury
- Gold
- Silicon
- Silver
- Titanium
- Lead
- Copper