Gentle reminder to those giving up (good luck by the way)
Cigarette Chemicals (in Tobacco Smoke)
Benzene (petrol additive)
A colourless cyclic hydrocarbon obtained from coal and petroleum, used as a
solvent in fuel and in chemical manufacture - and contained in cigarette smoke. It is a known
carcinogen and is associated with leukaemia.
Formaldehyde (embalming fluid)
A colourless liquid,
highly poisonous, used to preserve dead bodies - also found in cigarette smoke. Known to cause
cancer, respiratory, skin and gastrointestinal problems.
Ammonia (toilet cleaner)
Used as a flavouring, frees nicotine from tobacco turning it into a gas, found in
dry cleaning fluids.
Acetone (nail polish remover)
Fragrant volatile liquid ketone, used as a
solvent, for example, nail polish remover - found in cigarette smoke.
Tar
Particulate matter
drawn into lungs when you inhale on a lighted cigarette. Once inhaled, smoke condenses and about
70 per cent of the tar in the smoke is
deposited in the smoker's lungs.
Nicotine (insecticide/addictive drug)
One of the
most addictive substances known to man, a powerful and fast-acting medical and non-medical
poison. This is the chemical which causes addiction.
Carbon Monoxide (CO) (car exhaust fumes)
An odourless, tasteless and
poisonous gas, rapidly
fatal in large amounts - it's the same gas that comes out of
car exhausts and is the main gas in cigarette smoke, formed when the cigarette is lit. Others you may recognize are :
Arsenic (rat poison), Hydrogen Cyanide (gas chamber poison)
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