What all do cigarettes have in them that makes it so deadly?

Answer 1

The link below will give you ingredients on any brand cigarettes. The second link will give you in depth of things that are not good about smoking.


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Answer 2

Thee are approx 4000 chemicals in cigarettes that by themselves may not be that harmful but when burned become toxic. Go to www.quitsmoking.about.com for it lists all the chemicals and what happens when these chemicals are burned. and how when burned they are toxic to the body as they enter through the lungs in the smoke. Although The Nicotine in Tobacco is addictive it is less toxic than these other chemicals(one can take too much nicotine and then it kills just like any drug taken too much can OD a person. Some of the chemicals are are carbon monoxide- just as in the gas in a car, formaldehyde-used to preserve people after they die,ammonia-same as what we clean with,carbon dioxide-the same that contributes to global warming. Great stuff,right.

Answer 3

There is no such thing as a safe cigarette and the poisonous ingredients in cigarettes aren't just limited to tar and nicotine. Here's a typical recipe for a cigarette: Lead, Ammonia (a household cleaner), Arsenic (used in rat poison), Benzene (used in making gas), Butane Gas, Carbon Monoxide (a poisonous gas), DDT (a banned insecticide), Polonium 210 (cancer causing radioactive elements.)

Answer 4

Outside of the smoke that's inhaled itself, there are chemicals, poisons (including arsenic, and pesticides)
There are more than 4,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke. 1,2 Nicotine, tar and carbon monoxide are well known. Nicotine is the addictive drug that keeps you coming back for more. Tar is the black, sticky substance that damages your lungs. Carbon monoxide is the gas that hitches a ride on your red blood cells and takes the place of some of the oxygen in your bloodstream. Some of the other chemicals found in cigarettes (and some of their other uses) are: 1,2

ammonia (household cleaning agent)
acetone (nail polish remover)
naphthalene (mothballs)
methanol (rocket fuel)
formaldehyde (which preserves the dead)
phenol (disinfectant)
hydrogen cyanide
metals (76 metals including arsenic, cadmium, nickel)
radioactive compounds (polonium-210 and potassium-40)
acetic acid (vinegar)
toluene (industrial solvent)
pesticides

Answer 5

There are many toxic chemicals in cigerettes. Arsenic (rat poison), Acetone ( fingernail polish remover), CO or carbon monoxide (car fumes), Ethane alcohol (rubbing alcohol), Formaldehyde (embalmer's fluid), Rocket fuel, Cyanide (used to in gass chambers), lead, methane (farts), napthalenes ( moth balls), Candle wax, and tar, just to name a few. all of these are poisons. All of these are deadly. And millions of americans are dying from the single worst preventable disease.

Answer 6

Benzene- additive of petrolium, Formaldehyde-embalming fluid, Ammonia- cleaner, Acetone- nailpolish remover, Tar, Nicotine- insecticide/addictive drug, Carbon Monoxide- exhaust fumes, Arsenic- rat poison, Hydrogen Cyanide- gas chamber poison, Benzopyrene, Butane, Cadmium-in batteries, and the list goes on

Answer 7

tares andchemicals that enhance taste.
Take a glass bowl, break the filters of 10 ciggaretts, and crummple those ciggerates up and put them in the bowl, with boiling water.
Stir it up and let it set for a while.

when you come back, smell it, and look at the results.
What you see is what happens when the moisture of your body and lungs come in contact with that cigarette smoke.

still want to smoke????? do you want that stuff in your body???

Answer 8

Never mind the tar and nicotine,, just think of this.. Would you walk up to a burning building, go inside and inhale deeply? Havent you heard of smoke deaths.. Why would you voluntarily inhale a toxin into your lungs, which are made to intake oxygen, the life force of your body. .. Its like saying.. I wont drink water, I think today I will drink gasoline.. You are making a choice to force a poison into your body.. God knows why people start this up..

Answer 9

Beside the carbon monoxide and other toxic additives, caffeine is the the most deadly.

Answer 10

Nicotine. Addiction.