Why dont cigarette companies have to list their ingredients like everything else?

Question

I just noticed that cigarette companies are one of the ONLY products that do not have to list their ingredients on the package.

There are over 4000 harmful ingredients in a LIT cigarette, and about 2500 in an unlit cigarette. Over 100 ingredients are deadly and noxious.

I dont understand why they are exempt from having to list EVERY SINGLE one of their ingredients.

Please explain or comment as you wish. Thank you

Answer 1

Angel,

To belabor the obvious first, doesn't your question answer itself? What would you propose, that each cigarette pack come with a book as long as "War & Peace"? Anyway, it's regulated by the ATF, not the FDA.

The tobacco lobby is the strongest lobby in Washington, D.C. anyhow. No chance of it ever happening.

Jessica

Answer 2

How are they supposed to list all 4000 ingredients on that little package?

Answer 3

Those are basically scare tactic statements to try and keep people from smoking... I applaud them for that, but it's a bit overdone... Just think of the harmful components in charcoal... We cook with it, saturate our food with the smoke and breathe it all in while cooking... no one ever mentions anything about that... and many of those dangerous components found in tobacco are also found in charcoal...

Answer 4

They call them flavours.

like chicken with 11 secret herbs and spices

they don't have to reveal them or they risk sharing distinctive flavours with others that they consider makes them unique.

Sorta like grandma's pasta sauce handed down for generation after generation could end up in a bottle on a store shelf but grandma could still end up broke while others reap her benefits.

Ob1

Answer 5

THE FDA doesn't cover tobacco. Tobacco is not ingested, so they are not part of the rules governing ingredients.

Answer 6

Angel, are you telling me it's not just tabacco in there???