Cigarettes are one of few products which can be sold legally which can harm and even kill you over time if used as intended.
Currently there are ongoing lawsuits in the USA which aim to hold tobacco companies responsible for the effects of smoking on the health of long term smokers. Here's a list of what cigarettes basically contain:
Ammonia: Household cleaner
Angelica root extract: Known to cause cancer in animals
Arsenic: Used in rat poisons
Benzene: Used in making dyes, synthetic rubber
Butane: Gas; used in lighter fluid
Carbon monoxide: Poisonous gas
Cadmium: Used in batteries
Cyanide: Deadly poison
DDT: A banned insecticide
Ethyl Furoate: Causes liver damage in animals
Lead: Poisonous in high doses
Formaldehiyde: Used to preserve dead specimens
Methoprene: Insecticide
Megastigmatrienone: Chemical naturally found in grapefruit juice
Maltitol: Sweetener for diabetics
Napthalene: Ingredient in mothballs
Methyl isocyanate: Its accidental release killed 2000 people in Bhopal, India in 1984
Polonium: Cancer-causing radioactive element
All things added together: death is in a cigarette
Source: www.quitsmokingsupport.com/whatsinit.htm
Great I was not aware about this information before reading this article.
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Damn, I have been smoking for a while now...you have opened a new door, Thank you!
ReplyDeleteim a passive smoker... its really bad...upng school of medicine
ReplyDeleteit seems that smoking contains alot of substance that are not good to human health but cant understand why people smoke especially health workers....(tazzii JK- KOLG KAMA)
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