Well obvisouly besides cancer, can you get herpes or other diseases from ciggarets that have already been smoked like in the ashtray or in parking lots?
2006-10-14 15:42:26 · 6 answers · asked by John M 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
It is just like swapping spit with the person who smoked it before.
Whatever was in their mouth, or on their hands, is now in your mouth.
Gross, huh?
2006-10-14 15:51:07 · answer #1 · answered by oltmprch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-30 16:15:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You deserve whatever you get if you smoke used cigarettes off of the ground in a parking lot.
2006-10-14 15:45:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the circumstances, but actually yes it can give you dieseases, espessially if you find a cigarette that has been lit and used but there is about half left and you think hey a free cig. my lucky day well its not! dont use it!
2006-10-14 15:47:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 toxic substances, many of which are known to cause cancer to humans. There are so many things in cigarettes, you can catch anything from smoking them.
In addition to the very addictive nicotine, cigarettes contain:
ARSENIC: used in rat poison
ACETIC ACID: hair dye and developer
ACETONE: main ingredient in paint and fingernail (polish) remover
AMMONIA: a typical household cleaner
BENZENE: rubber cement
BUTANE: lighter fluid
CADMINUM: found in batteries and artists’ oil paint
CARBON MONOXIDE: car exhaust fumes
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE: dry cleaning fluid
ETHANOL: alcohol
FORMALDEYHDE: used to embalm dead bodies
HYDRAZINE: used in jet and rocket fuels
HEXAMINE: barbecue lighter
HYDROGEN CYANIDE: poison in gas chambers
LEAD: batteries
METHANE: swamp gas
METHANOL: rocket fuel
NAPTHALENES: used in explosives, moth balls, and paint pigments
NICKLES: used in the process of electroplating
PHENOL: used in disinfectants and plastics
POLONIUM: radiation dosage, equal to 300 chest x-rays in one year
STEARIC ACID: candle wax
STYRENE: found in insulation material
TAR: road surface tar
TULUENE: embalmers glue
BLOOD: human and animal blood
you can get herpes, although it is rare, when saliva is shared through a cigarette
2006-10-14 15:50:47 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
or passing between friends? There is a good possibility...depends on tiny circumstances.
2006-10-14 15:44:59 · answer #6 · answered by What, what, what?? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋