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Major pollutants of cigarette smoke

Updated: 10/6/2023

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There are more than 4000 identified constituents are present in cigarette smoke. These include

* Nicotine which is a toxic alkaloid and accounts for the addictive properties of tobacco * Carbon monoxide * Carcinogens: polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, aromatic amines, nitrosamines, tarbenzo(a)pyrene, vinyl chloride * Cocarcinogens: catechol, phenol, cresol * Ciliotoxins and pulmonary irritants * Radioactive compounds * CArbon monoxide and dioxide * Cracked and reformed hydrocarbons

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What are the major pollutants of cigarette smoke?

Benzene and CO

What does cigarette smoke and pollutants interfere with?

It interferes with the Ozone and makes it harder to breath

Find out what gaseous pollutants are present in cigarette smoke?

ANSWER: Nicotine and Carbon monoxideSARIN MADHUSOODANAN

What does tobacco smoke also contains that get trapped in smokers' lungs?

There are several harmful pollutants in cigarette smoke including tar and nicotine.

What are the gaseous pollutants present in cigarette smoke?

off the top of my head, nocotine, tar, benzene, CO.

What do you call the combination of smoke from the burning end of a cigarette and the exhaled smoke from a smoker?

Sidestream Smoke. More than half the pollutants emitted by a cigarette come not from the smokedend of the cigarette but from its other end - the cigarette's burning end - and are called sidestream smoke.

What are the Different gaseous pollutants presence in cigarette smoke?

There are lots. Amongst the more dangerous ones are carbon monoxide and hydrogen cyanide.

Can you get month cancer from one cigarette?

Some people get lung cancer even without smoking, as they are exposed to other people's second-hand smoke and/or other environmental pollutants. So a person might smoke one cigarette and get cancer; but there would be no way to tell whether that cigarette caused it.

What does the Green Smoke cigarette have in it?

The Green Smoke cigarette is better than real cigarette, it has no tar in it but does have nicotine.

How smoke is released from cigarette?

smoke comes through the filter on the cigarette and into your lungs

When was Cigarette Smoke Phantom created?

Cigarette Smoke Phantom was created in 2002.

Is inhaling a cigarette like smoking it?

You can inhale the cigarette smoke, but not the cigarette. To smoke is to inhale the smoke when it's in your lips. You also can inhale the smoke when the cigarette smoke is near to your nose, or through your open mouth. But never try to do it. Smoking is very harmful.