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u would have a bunch of cigarettes be burned into a something like a glass tube that would allow u to clean it. then u could take the residue n tar from that and have it smeared on a lab rat in one spot, do this in the same spot on the rat every day n see whether cancer results in the spot u applied the residue. to b scientific about it u would have to do it to a bunch of rats, and have a control batch that were not given the residue.

2007-02-27 23:11:49 · answer #1 · answered by carmen 5 · 0 1

I'll be your experiment. I had to laugh at the answers you've already received. Obviously, they're listening to media hype and their "knowledgeable" friends. One reply stated that nicotine is a carcinogen. If that's true, we should all have cancer. Every vegetable contains nicotine. It's a natural by-product of everything that grows in the earth. Growing tobacco is an agricultural challenge and requires pesticides, but none any different from what's sprayed on fruit trees or tomatos.
Consider, smoking is not the best thing for you. But, does it cause cancer? Nope, don't think so. Of all the people stricken with cancer each year, only 13% are smokers. For my money, the real culprit is our food and the way it's processed.
I have been smoking for 42 years. I'm fit. No problems. No wheezing. And I still play singles tennis.
Oh, and second hand smoke is baloney, too. Think about it. They say more than 55,000 people die each year from second hand smoke. How do they know that without an autopsy? Only 3000 autopsies are performed each year!
Are we getting zoomed? Oh, yeah! It's about money. It's not about your health.

2007-02-28 07:18:55 · answer #2 · answered by goaltender 4 · 0 0

Use the Ames test using materials from the cigarette as your carcinogen.

Basically, you apply the carcinogen to bacteria and grow on selective media. The purported carcinogen causes mutations, the more mutations caused, the more carcinogenic the substance is. So in the case of the Ames test you look for bacteria that will grow on the selective media, the more that grow, the more carcinogenic.

2007-02-28 07:36:08 · answer #3 · answered by btpage0630 5 · 0 0

From basic but exstentive logic you can understand through an experiment that ciggerettes, if not cause cancer would cause some sort of physical problem. \
If you know that it contains so many harmful chemicals known to damage the human body then u get the idea that it is a potentiol candidate for cancer.

2007-02-28 06:13:54 · answer #4 · answered by Lulu J 1 · 0 1

nicotine is a carcinogen i guess.cancer is caused by uncontrollable cell division where the cell loses control.usually cells lose control when they are exposed to radio active materials or toxins.nicotine is a toxin.
and some studies have shown that traces of Polonium can be found in ciggerettes.Polonium is a radioactive element.

2007-02-28 06:28:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 1

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