v Arsenic: A very well
known and very deadly poison.
v Touene: A common
ingredient found in paint thinner.
v Acetone: This is
used in almost every nail polisher remover.
v Formaldehyde: A
cancer causing agent. You may know it is used most commonly
for embalming dead bodies.
v Benzene: Found in
gasoline and pesticides.
v Ammonia:
This one
actually helps your body absorb the nicotine better.
v Lead and Mercury:
Potent poisons which cause cancer, brain and liver damage.
v Benzopryene: Also
known as tar or coal tar. It is one of the most potent
cancer causing chemicals in the world.
v Cadmium:
Used in
batteries.
v Butane: Highly
flammable and toxic poison that is one of the key components
in gasoline.
v Phenol: A chemical
used in detergents and disinfectants.
v Propylene Glycol:
Used as a de-icer.
The list of 599 additives approved by the US Government
for use in the manufacture of cigarettes is something every
smoker should see. Submitted by the five major American
cigarette companies to the Dept. of Health and Human
Services in April of 1994, this list of ingredients had long
been kept a secret.
Tobacco companies reporting this information were:
American Tobacco Company,
Brown and Williamson,
Liggett Group, Inc.,
Philip Morris Inc., &
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
While these ingredients are approved as additives for
foods, they were not tested by burning them, and it is the
burning of many of these substances which changes their
properties, often for the worse. Over 4000 chemical
compounds are created by burning a cigarette, many of which
are toxic and/or carcinogenic. Carbon monoxide, nitrogen
oxides, hydrogen cyanide and ammonia are all present in
cigarette smoke. Forty-three known carcinogens are in
mainstream smoke, side stream smoke, or both.
If tobacco companies actually listed the ingredients on
the packaging as most products do, they would only need a
book to go along with them.
If you want a list of the additives,
email
us and we will be happy to send them to you.
