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What's in a cigarette
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Ingredients include more than tobacco:
- Carbon Monoxide (auto exhaust, gas chambers)
- Carbon Dioxide
- Carbonyl Sulfide
- Benzene-1
- Toluene-industrial solvent (in explosives)
- Formaldehyde-2 (body tissue preserver)
- Acrolein (aquatic herbicide)
- Acetone (poisonous solvent, nail polish remover)
- Pyridine (poisonous solvent)
- Methylpyridine (insecticide)
- Vinylpyridine
- Hyrogen Cyanide (rat poison, gas chambers)
- Hydrazine (rocket fuel chemical)
- Ammonia (cleaning agent for toilets and floors)
- Methylamine (tanning agent)
- Dimethylamine (tanning accelerator)
- Nitrogen Oxides
- Nitrosodimethylamine
- Nitrosodiethylamine
- Nitrosopyrrolidine
- Formic Acid (caustic solvent)
- Acetic Acid (caustic solvent)
- Methyl Chloride (poisonous refrigerant)
- Butadiene
- Particulate Matter (animal carcinogen)
- Nicotine (insecticide, cockroach killer)
- Anatabine
- Phenol (toilet bowl disinfectant)
- Catechol (tanning, dyeing agent)
- Hydroquinone (photographic developing agent)
- Aniline (industrial solvent)
- Toluidine (agent in dye manufacture)
- Napthalamine (mothballs)
- Aminobiphenyl
- Benz(a)anthracene
- Benzo(a)pyrene
- Cholesterol
- Butyrolactone
- Quinoline (specimen preservative)
- Harman
- Nitrosonornicotine
- NNH
- Nitrodiethanolamine
- Cadmium
- Nickel
- Zinc (anti-corrosion coating for metals)
- Aluminum (metal)
- Titanium (metal)
- Copper (metal)
- Mercury (metal)
- Silicon (metal)
- Silver (metal)
- Gold (metal)
- Polonium-210 (radioactive element)
- Benzoic Acid (tobacco curing agent)
- Lactic Acid (caustic solvent)
- Glycolic Acid (metal cleaning agent)
- Succinic Acid (agent in Lacquer manufacture)
- PCDDs and PCDFs (barbecue lighter)
- Stearic Acid (candle wax)
- Cadmium (rechargeable batteries)
- Arsenic (poison)
- Butane (cigarette lighter fluid)
- Propylene Glycol (antifreeze)
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