Cigarettes

Smokes don’t think about the chemical in the cigarettes. They only think about how cigarettes help them cope with the stress of daily life, how cigarettes calm them down when they we're angry, help them relax at the end of a long day, comfort them when they were sad or lonely. But do they know that there are harmful chemical in cigarettes???

When the chemicals in cigarettes are inhaled, they put our bodies into a state of physical stress by sending literally thousands of poisons, toxic metals and carcinogens coursing through our bloodstream with every puff we take. And those chemicals affect everything from blood pressure and pulse rate to the health of our organs and immune system. Most of the lung cancer related deaths are due to smoking. We do know that air tainted with cigarette smoke is dangerous for anyone who breathes it whether they are smoker or not.

Let's we look at some of the harmful chemicals in cigarettes and how does they affect our health.

The main ingredient in a cigarette is tobacco. Tobacco is a harmful substance. Chemicals and preservatives are added to the tobacco and filled into the cigarette. According to a recent study there are more than 3000 chemicals in the cigarette smoke. Worldwide smoking by teens has increased rapidly.

Carcinogens

A carcinogen is defined as any substance that can cause or aggravate cancer. Approximately 60 of the chemicals in cigarettes are known to cause cancer.

TSNAs

Tobacco-specific N-nitrosamines (TSNAs) are known to be some of the most potent carcinogens present in smokeless tobacco, snuff and tobacco smoke.

Benzene

Benzene can be found in pesticides and gasoline. It is present in high levels in cigarette smoke and accounts for half of all human exposure to this hazardous chemical.

Pesticides

Pesticides are used on our lawns and gardens, and inhaled into our lungs via cigarette smoke.

Formaldehyde

Formaldehyde is a chemical used to preserve dead bodies, and is responsible for some of the nose, throat and eye irritation smokers experience when breathing in cigarette smoke.

Toxic Metals

Toxic / heavy metals are metals and metal compounds that have the potential to harm our health when absorbed or inhaled. In very small amounts, some of these metals support life, but when taken in large amounts, can become toxic.

Arsenic

Commonly used in rat poison, arsenic finds its way into cigarette smoke through some of the pesticides that are used in tobacco farming.

Cadmium
Cadmium is a toxic heavy metal that is used in batteries. Smokers typically have twice as much cadmium in their bodies as non-smokers.

Poisons

Poison is defined as any substance that, when introduced to a living organism, causes severe physical distress or death. Science has discovered approximately 200 poisonous gases in cigarette smoke.


Ammonia

Ammonia compounds are commonly used in cleaning products and fertilizers. Ammonia is also used to boost the impact of nicotine in manufactured cigarettes.

Carbon Monoxide

Carbon monoxide is present in car exhaust and is lethal in very large amounts. Cigarette smoke can contain high levels of carbon monoxide.

Hydrogen Cyanide
Hydrogen cyanide was used to kill people in the gas chambers in Nazi Germany during World War II. It can be found in cigarette smoke.

Nicotine

Nicotine is a poison used in pesticides and is the addictive element in cigarettes.


This is only a partial list. Recent breaks in the wall of secrecy have revealed that cigarettes are only about 40% tobacco, and 60% other junk. So smokes please stop smoking, because it is very bad for health.

People are dying every year because of cigarettes...