What chemicals are in the tar in cigarettes?

Answer 1

if you smoke something, its reasonably nasty tasting and hurts your throat.

cigarettes have additives in the tobacco to give the smoker a nice, sweet smooth taste to the smoke.

the additives are collected from smoking e.g tar

the higher the tar the more better the 'flavour'

but now cigarettes are being treated more better quality to reduce the tar but still have the good smooth sweet taste a cheap high tar cigarette would give you :]

Answer 2

Nicotine, and Carbon Monoxide, as well as Formaldehyde, Ammonia, Hydrogen Cyanide, Arsenic, and DDT. plus 4000 other toxins! "Tar" is the term used to describe the toxic chemicals found in cigarettes. The concentration of tar in a cigarette determines its rating: High-tar cigarettes contain at least 22 milligrams (mg) of tar; Medium-tar cigarettes from 15 mg to 21 mg; Low-tar cigarettes 7 mg or less of tar Cigarette smoke paralyzes the cilia in the lungs, and contributes to lung diseases such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis, and lung cancer. There are hundreds of chemicals in tar Carbon Monoxide is the same chemical that comes out of a car's exhaust pipe! It is deadly in large amounts! Nicotine in small doses acts as a stimulant to the brain. In large doses, it's a depressant, inhibiting the flow of signals between nerve cells. In even larger doses, it's a lethal poison, affecting the heart, blood vessels, and hormones. Nicotine in the bloodstream acts to make the smoker feel calm. As a cigarette is smoked, the amount of tar inhaled into the lungs increases, and the last puff contains more than twice as much tar as the first puff. Carbon Monoxide makes it harder for red blood cells to carry oxygen throughout the body. Tar is a mixture of substances that together form a sticky mass in the lungs. Most of the chemicals inhaled in cigarette smoke stay in the lungs. The more you inhale, the better it feels-and the greater the damage to your lungs.

---- Cigarette manufacturers are very careful not to reveal what they put into cigarettes, so the only way to get an exhaustive analysis of any particular brand's tar is to send it to an independent lab.

That said: you can rely on: Cyanide, Benzene, Formaldehyde,Methanol, Adetylene, Ammonia.

That's right: I said Cyanide.

Answer 3

cancer