How dangerous are tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide in cigaretss?

Question

How dangerous are tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide in cigaretss?

Answer 1

It can paralyze the cillia which is tiny hair that line several areas in your body. The cillia moves back and forth filtering out dust and so forth.

Answer 2

The tar is not so good - it does tend to gum things up a bit, nicotine is a powerful drug - but other than its addictive nature, I am unaware of any harm that the compound itself causes.

Carbon monoxide IN QUANTITY is exceedingly toxic - but unless you chain-smoke several at a time, it is difficult to see how you could even get a dose high enough to cause a headache - far less anything more dangerous.

As always, so much hype and drama built up for scaremongering reasons.

Chocolate is most certainly fatal to humans - though thankfully the dose is in the order of MANY kilograms at a time - so in REALITY - it does no harm.

I'd be a bit unhappy about the tar, the nicotine and CO wouldn't personally worry me in the slightest.

** update **

Why are other posters commenting on the hazards of smoking in general ? - That was NOT the question.

Answer 3

Well, look at how many people die from lung cancer every year. Also, look how many non-smokers who get it from second hand smoke.
I'm an X smoker & I can't stand to be near cigs. Ten + years w/out lighting up! Almost as long as I smoked.
Unfortuanately it my grandmother dying from lung cancer to get me to quit.

Answer 4

if you smoke alot you wont have to worry about it in a while....the more you smoke the less time you have to ponder the question....you have to be living under a rock not to know smoking kills...wheres the grey area.

Answer 5

dangerous enough to cause you heart and lung diseases as well as cancer if you aint satisfied with that its number one human fatality

Answer 6

bad enough to kill ............. so stop now.......