Chemicals found in cigarette smoke

Chemicals In Cigarette Smoke - What Are You Smoking?

There are over 4,000 chemical compounds present in cigarette smoke, and many of these compounds are confirmed carcinogens. Here is a partial listing of some of the toxins you are taking into your body every time you inhale smoke from a cigarette.

Just Look At These Toxins In Every Puff:

  • Acetone – also found in finger nail polish remover
  • Ammonia – used in household cleaning compounds
  • Arsenic – commonly used in rat poison.
  • Butane – key ingredient in lighter fluid
  • Cadmium – active component in battery acid
  • Carbon Monoxide – the same gas released from your car’s exhaust system
  • DDT/Dieldrin – a poison used in commercial insecticides
  • Ethanol – alcohol
  • Hydrogen Cyanide – yet another lethal poison
  • Methane – gas released from the bowels (now there’s a nice thought)
  • Methanol – component of rocket fuel
  • Napthalene – ingredient used in mothballs
  • Nicotine – yet another insecticide, and a highly addictive substance
  • Stearic Acid – found in candle wax
  • Toluene – industrial strength cleaning solvent

Take a second look at this list and just imagine the kind of damage you are doing to your body with every puff. It’s frankly hard to imagine that such a collection of destructive chemicals can be legally packaged and sold on the open market.

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