What in cigarettes is harmful?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

It is unfortunate that the CDC & FDA reports on cigarette smoke have been thrown out of court because the government violated the rules of scientific testing when they did the tests. Others have replicated this same violated information to the point it is impossible to find a legitimate source for this information.

A study done in Italy shows that the ingredients as well as the content of the smoke can vary by 7,000 different chemicals and by 69% in content; depending on the source of the plant used (content of chemicals in the earth where it is grown, same as food).

NOTE: See link about court ruling

Answer 3

Acetone (solvent), cyanhydric acid (was used in gas chambers), Ammoniac (detergent), Naphtylamine, Urethane, Pyrene, Toluene (industrial solvent), Naphtalene (moth-repellent), Arsenic (lethal poison), Nicotine (used as herbicide and insecticide, also what makes smoking addictive), Dibenzacridine, Cadmium (used in batteries), Polonium 210 (a radioactive metal), Carbon monoxide ( found in exhaust fumes, also is a very poisonous gas formula CO3, comes out when a really hot flame is burning), DDT insecticide, Vinyl chloride (used in plastic materials), tar.

Answer 4

Tobacco contains a wide variety of cancer-causing agents that are usually lumped together under the name "coal tars." Nicotine can aggravate high blood pressure. As if that were not enough, the carbon monoxide from cigarette smoking can reduce the blood's ability to carry oxygen to the cells by as much as one-half.

Doesn't sound very good for you, does it?

Answer 5

The main harmful chemicals in cigarette are tar,nicotine and carbon monoxide.

-tar

It is a brown sticky substances which would stick on our trachea and air sac.It leads lung cancer and respiratory diseases,such to make our teeth and fingernails yellow.

-nicotine

It can increase our heat beat rate and blood pressure thus leads to Heart disease,it can cause addiction of cigarette smoking.

-carbon monoxide

It lower the amount of oxygen in blood.Smokers have to breathe faster and the heart has to beat faster to supply enough oxygen to the body.It causes heart disease.

Other than the harmful effects i have mentioned above,there're still many harmful effects on smoking,such as:

• damage on eyes
• smokers'babies have a lighter weight compared to non-smokers'babies,also their babies have a higher chance of death on average
• bad to digestive system
• smokers get deeper and more wrinkles compared to non-smokers
• may cause lung cancer

Answer 6

Electronic cigarette compared with the ordinary cigarette, electronic cigarettes do not contain tar, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, hydrogen cyanide, acrolein, arsenic, lead, Mercury and other harmful substances, so won't cause any harm to smokers.Electronic cigarette is not burning, not after combustion of carbon monoxide and so on more than 4000 kinds of chemical hazards;Electronic cigarettes does not open, no harm to others "secondhand smoke" and the pollution to the environment, can be used in most no-smoking places;Therefore, the electronic cigarette will not endanger the health of smokers, but also will not harm the health of the people around you.

Answer 7

The tar in cigarettes is dangerous. In menthols, its the tar, and the menthol stuff, because that will crystalize your lungs, which is a type of slow suicide.

Answer 8

The main thing that causes harm to a smoker is tobacco. Tobacco contains a drug called nicotine. Nicotine attracts you to cigarettes, which helps develop lung cancer and other deadly things.