- Cigarette smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals and compounds. Hundreds are toxic and at least 69 cause cancer.
- Tobacco smoke itself is a known human carcinogen (cause of cancer in humans).
- Ambergris, otherwise known as whale vomit, is one of the hundreds of possible additives used in manufactured cigarettes.
- Most cigarette filters are made of cellulose acetate, a form of plastic. It takes 3-5 years for this material to decompose.
- Another ingredient found in cigarettes is carbon monoxide (as in car exhaust).
- Acetone, also known as nail polish remover, is also found in cigarettes.
- Once inhaled, smoke condenses and about 70 percent of tar in the smoke is deposited in your lungs.
- Ammonia is used for flavoring purposes in cigarettes, and frees nicotine from tobacco, turning it into a gas.
Have you ever wondered what’s in this stuff?
Let’s just say it makes the health stats less surprising.