Do cigarettes contain "poison"?

Question

I have heard that one of the main ingrediants in them is also used for rat poison or insecticides.

is this true?

Answer 1

Yes 100% true.

Answer 2

Many of the thousands of identified compounds in cigarettes are poisonous. The most dramatic of these is Hydrogen Cyanide, which passive smokers also have to put up with! This reinforces the excellent reasons for the smoking ban.

Answer 3

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the following carcinogens are found in cigarette smoke: Chemical Amount (per cigarette) Acetaldehyde 980 micrograms to 1.37 milligrams Acrylonitrile formerly 1 to 2 milligrams. This product was used as a fumigant in tobacco. Its use has since been discontinued. 4-Aminobiphenyl 0.2 to 23 nanograms per cigarette o-Anisidine Hydrochloride unknown Arsenic unknown Benzene 5.9 to 75 micrograms Beryllium 0.5 nanograms 1,3-Butadiene 152 to 400 micrograms Cadmium 1.7 micrograms 1,1-Dimethylhydrazine unknown Ethylene oxide unknown Formaldehyde unknown Furan unknown Heterocyclic amines unknown Hydrazine 32 micrograms Isoprene 3.1 milligrams Lead unknown 2-Naphthylamine 1.5 to 35 nanograms Nitromethane unknown N-Nitrosodi-n-Butylamine 3 nanograms N-Nitrosodiethanolamine 24 to 36 nanograms N-Nitrosodiethylamine up to 8.3 nanograms N-Nitrosodimethylamine 5.7 to 43 nanograms N-Nitrosodi-n-Propylamine 1 nanogram 4-(N-Nitrosomethylamino)-1-(3-Pyridyl)... up to 4.2 micrograms N-Nitrosonornicotine 14 micrograms N-Nitrosopiperidine unknown N-Nitrosopyrrolidine 113 nanograms N-Nitrososarcosine 22 to 460 nanograms Polonium-210 variable, depending on soil and fertilizer used to grow tobacco Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon 28 to 100 milligrams o-Toluidine 32 nanograms Vinyl chloride 5.6 to 27 nanograms I guess thats a "YES" but they taste so good!!

Answer 4

Nicotine is a nerve stimulant in small doses but poisonous in large doses, there are traces of arsenic and mercury in most cigarettes as well.

Answer 5

Yes - there are over 100 chemicals in a cigarette filter alone - most, if not all are carcenogenic - i.e. harmful to health, cancer causing etc

That does not include the nicotine and tar in the actual tobacco -

Answer 6

In Victorian times entomologists would kill butterflies by puffing cigarette smoke into the killing jar! Yes it is a strong poison.

Answer 7

how come u asked the same question 3 times in the space of 1 minute

Answer 8

nicotine alone, along with 50 other so called "poisons"

Answer 9

Yes they do.
They contain loads of toxic chemicals why do you think they are sooo bad for you.

Answer 10

yes, there's a level or arsenic in tobacco