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What’s in Cigarette Smoke?

Smoke is Death

Ethanol
Used in antifreeze
Tar
Used in roads, known to cause both cancer and lung damage
Arsenic
Rat poison
Benzene
Found in petrol fumes, causes leukaemia
Ammonia
Used in cleaning products
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)
Found in diesel exhaust fumes
Hydrogen cyanide
An industrial pollutant
Carbon monoxide
Poisonous gas found in car exhaust fumes
Formaldehyde
An embalming fluid
Nicotine
Suppresses your immune system, promotes cancer
Oxidants and reactive nitrogen moieties
Cause DNA damage, and cell ageing

Image: Smoking death by ~cazetta

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