Can you be allergic to Cigarettes?

Question

Like an actual real allergy..just curious

Answer 1

I guess so, theres a lot of nasty chemicals in them....:D

Answer 2

Yes there are several hundred chemicals in cigarettes and any one can cause you to have an allergic reaction. The answer that it is the smoke is not necessarily correct. People allergic to cigarette smoke are allergic to one of the chemicals in cigarettes that becomes a gas as cigarette's burn. Someone allergic to nicotine can have an allegic reaction from holding a cigarette or sucking on an unlit cigarette.

Answer 3

yes, in fact you can be allergic to almost everything from choocolate, nuts, metals and yes even cigarettes. These allergies can be temporary or permanent. Additionally, you can become allergic to items that presently causes no reaction at this time. This is due to your body changing as it ages.

Answer 4

I have a friend who is allergic to cigarette smoke so I would think that one could be alergic to an actual cigarette.

Answer 5

Yes, absolutely. There are so many toxins in cigarettes you can be allergic to most of them.

Answer 6

Yes.

If not the tobacco itself, all the chemicals that are used growing and processing it.

I don't like cigarettes anyway, and there are some kinds that will invariably choke me and burn my eyes. This was with second-hand smoke, mind you.

Answer 7

Yes, I am. I am allergic to the tobacco plant - just like any other plant allergy....ragweed, grass, etc.

Answer 8

not the cigarettes, per say, but the smoke and the over 100 carcenogenics in it

Answer 9

certainly yes! I can easily detect the smell of cigarette. I get sneezy, teary eyed and very irritated.

Answer 10

yes but it is not the cigarette you are allergic to it is the smoke.