any websites that say what substances are in a cigarette?
2007-01-07 15:57:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Respiratory Diseases
Cigarettes are engineered to hook the consumer. The ammonium additives are used to allow more "free" nicotine to heighten the addictive punch of nicotine. They also add cocoa, when it burns creates a bromine gas byproduct that dilates the airways (like an asthma inhaler), so you can absorb more nicotine. I wonder how cigarettes got so popular in the 80's and 90's?
Check out these two, they're my favorites:
http://www.ash.org.uk/html/regulation/html/additives.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/background_briefings/smoking/281167.stm
There was also a report on 20/20 some years ago on this.... maybe someone can look it up...
2007-01-07 18:57:22 · answer #1 · answered by sam_of_losangeles 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A cigarette may look harmless enough - tobacco leaves covered in classic white paper. But when it burns, it releases a dangerous cocktail of about 4,000 chemicals including:
more than 70 cancer-causing chemicals
hundreds of other poisons.
nicotine, a highly addictive drug, and many additives designed to make cigarettes taste nicer and keep smokers hooked.
This page has more information on the various poisons in cigarette smoke. You can also read about where these come from and how concentrated they actually are.
Cancer-causing chemicals in tobacco smoke
1.Tar - a mixture of dangerous chemicals
2.Arsenic - used in wood preservatives
3.Benzene - an industrial solvent, refined from crude oil
4.Cadmium - used in batteries
5.Formaldehyde - used in mortuaries and paint manufacturing
6.Polonium-210 - a highly radioactive element
7.Chromium - used to manufacture dye, paints and alloys
8.1,3-Butadiene - used in rubber manufacturing
9.Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons - a group of dangerous DNA-damaging chemicals
10.Nitrosamines - another group of DNA-damaging chemicals
11.Acrolein - formerly used as a chemical weapon
12.Other chemicals
2014-06-09 13:35:58 · answer #2 · answered by Victoria 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Day by day e-cigarette is becoming popular and people are accepting it. The main reason is that it can play its role properly, giving a smokeless, odorless experience of cigarette. There are parts of different functioning and power which enables the consumers to use the product more comfortably than before. Searches and researches are still going on to make the technology more close to real life.
2014-06-28 17:10:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At last count there is over 18,000 harmful substances in cigarettes.
*Nicotine is the most common (natural) one.
*Carbon Monoxide
A few added chemicals>
*Benzaldehyde
*Butyric acid
*3-methylbutyraldehyde
*Methylcylopentenolone
*Tolualdehydes
2007-01-07 16:01:40 · answer #4 · answered by RIAN4812 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go to yahoo search engine and type in cigarette ingredients. Nicotine mainly. And disgusting harmful materials. Stay awayyyy
2007-01-07 16:00:40 · answer #5 · answered by DiVenanzo™ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might want to try this site. I'm sure there are many others. Just go to yahoo and type in cigarette ingredients.
2007-01-07 16:02:04 · answer #6 · answered by Crayola 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really want to quit smoking and all that stuff, than you should know what is e cigarette for real.
For more information check http://cigelectric.co.uk
2014-09-01 10:45:14 · answer #7 · answered by marko v 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the main constituent of the cigarette is nicotine which has the deadly impact on the human body.
2014-07-27 19:02:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Over 4000 chemical compounds are produced by burning a cigarette. 69 of those chemicals are known to cause cancer.
The chemicals are:
Acetanisole
Acetic Acid
Acetoin
Acetophenone and many more.
2014-06-02 22:31:50 · answer #9 · answered by Sanjib 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A **** LOAD!
Just vape nicotine instead. Still get the nicotine fix with none of the side affects!
2013-11-23 12:00:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋