Complete list of poisons in cigarettes?

Answer 1

* 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 * Fungicides and pesticides -- Cause many types of cancers and birth defects. * Cadmium -- Linked to lung and prostate cancer. * Benzene -- Linked to leukemia.

Answer 2

The same, or equivalent, "poisons"are present in tobacco as in any other plant.

All plants may absorb naturally produced chemicals, such as arsenic and polonium-210, from the environment. Similarly, all plants may absorb "poisons" from man-made pollution or the fertillisers, etc. used to grow them. At the same time, all plants get contaminated with the "poisons" used in their processing. All plants also naturally produce "poisons" to deter predators, to encourage reproduction, etc.

Everything is "poisonous" in the appropriate dose, even water and oxygen.

Answer 3

It's difficult to list all of the toxin in cigarettes, as the tobacco industry doesn't make this information readily available. However, here are the top 11, most toxic and known chemicals that cigarettes contain.

1. Acetone [Active ingredient in nail polish]

2. Ammonia [colorless gas. Tobacco companies have stated it adds flavor, however scientists have discovered that ammonia allows you to absorb more nicotine, therefore keeping you hooked on smoking]

3. Arsenic [used to make insectisides, kill rats and gophers]

4. Benezene [A flammable liquid obtained from coal tar and used as a solevant.]

5. Benzoapyrene [The most cancer causing chemical in cigarette smoke, also obtained from coal tar.]

6. Butane [A hydrocarbon used as fuel]

7. Cadimum [metallic chemical used in alloys. This toxic causes damage to the liver, kidneys and brain, and stays in your body for years]

8. Formaldehyde [Gas used as a preservative dead bodies and is a disinfectant]

9. Lead [Heavy blueish-gray metallic chemical element. Lead stunts your growth and damages your brain]

10. Propylene Glycol [A sweet hygroscopic viscous liquid used as antifreeze and as a solvent in brake fluid. The tobacco industry claims they add it to keep cheap "reconstituted tobacco" from drying out, but scientists say it aids in the delivery of nicotine (tobaccos active drug) to the brain.]

11. Turpetine [colorless oil. Commonly used as paint thinner.]

Answer 4

acetone:found in nail polish

Ammonia: Household cleaner

Angelica root extract: Known to cause cancer in animals

Arsenic: Used in rat poisons

Benzene: Used in making dyes, synthetic rubber

Butane: Gas; used in lighter fluid

Carbon monoxide: Poisonous gas

Cadmium: Used in batteries

Cyanide: Deadly poison

DDT: A banned insecticide

Ethyl Furoate: Causes liver damage in animals

Lead: Poisonous in high doses

Formaldehiyde: Used to preserve dead specimens

Methoprene: Insecticide

Megastigmatrienone: Chemical naturally found in grapefruit juice

Maltitol: Sweetener for diabetics

Napthalene: Ingredient in mothballs

Methyl isocyanate: Its accidental release killed 2000 people in Bhopal, India in 1984

Polonium: Cancer-causing radioactive element

Answer 5

some are acetone, benzene, ammonia, arsenic, Benzoapyrene, butane, cadmium, Formaldehyde, lead, Propylene Glycol, and turpentine

too many!

It's fine to be able to reel off parrot-like all these 'nasties' but where are the scientists?

For a start, get your FACTS right. These are some of the 'nasties' allegedly detected in tobacco SMOKE. The scientist will then be asking questions like "Why?" and "How?" and will arrive at some worrying answers.

Why are arsenic, cadmium and lead present? These are chemical elements (and cadmium is very expensive!). Why would tobacco companies deliberately add these? So where did they come from? They were either present in the tobacco or the in 'fresh air' the tobacco burned in. If they were present in tobacco, tobacco is a plant. We eat plants! What other plants are they present in? If they were present in the 'fresh air', we breathe that 'fresh air'!

On to the compounds. A further two possibilities here. The first is that it is an additive to the tobacco. If so, what else is it added to - maybe the food we eat?

The second possibility is that the compound is a product of the combustion. Tobacco is a carboniferous compound. What other carboniferous compounds do we burn? Petrol/gasoline; household fuels like gas, oil and wood logs; charcoal (and the food!) in BBQs; candles; incense sticks...... Are these 'nasties' produced when these are burned?

By now, nearly all of the 'nasties' will have been eliminated but some 'tobacco related' ones will remain. But are there SIMILAR specific 'nasties', possibly more nasty, in carrots or produced when a candle is lit?

The next thing to question is in what percentage of the samples was each 'nasty' detected. Billions of dollars/pounds have been 'invested' to conduct numerous trials to produce this 'nasty' list. Was 'nasty A' detected in 0.00001% of all samples or 90%?

Next, combustion is a highly complex SERIES of chemical reactions. Was 'nasty B' an end-product of or an intermediary product in this series? If the latter, how long was it present before it was broken down by the next step - seconds or nano-seconds?

Finally, at what level were these 'nasties' present? The 'no safe dose' mantra goes back to the Middle Ages and alchemy. SCIENCE has moved on a bit since then. Are these levels (mean values - not 'up to'!) regarded as safe?

Now we can answer the question "What toxins are unique to tobacco smoke at levels which could be considered harmful in the workplace or a bar?". However, this will be impossible because detailed findings of the studies are not available. What are they hiding?

Answer 6

There are 100's of different poisons in cigarettes, there's even a form of rat poison in them. Be smart, don't start.

Answer 7

Cigaretter is so poisenes it can cause desseases, a heart attack, and blood pressure

Answer 8

200 known poisons are in them