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50.0%ANMag Issue 24 Global Awareness
Stubborn Indulgence: Why smoking kills
By Lina Alotri, Staff Writer
Sacramento, California – We all know and have been told numerous times about the hazardous effects of smoking, but do we really know what is inside these sticks of wonder? There must be more than just tobacco in a cigarette for it to cause all of these fatal and deadly cancerous diseases.
For your info, each Cigarette includes the following ingredients:
Acetone: Fingernail polish removal
Ammonia: Floor/toilet cleaner
Angelica root extract: Known to cause cancer in animals
Arsenic: Used in rat poisons
Butane gas: Used in lighter fluid
Carbon monoxide: Poisonous gas/car exhaust fumes
Cadmium: Used in batteries and paint
Chloroform: Anesthetic
Cyanide: Deadly poison
DDT: A banned insecticide
Ethyl Fluorite: Causes liver damage in animals
Hydrogen Cyanide: Gas chamber poison
Hexamine: Barbeque lighter
Lead: Poisonous in high doses
Formaldehyde: Used to preserve dead specimens
Methanol: Rocket fuel
Methoprene: Insecticide
Methyl Isocyanate: Its accidental release killed 2000 people in Bhopal, India, in 1984
Naphthalene: Ingredient in mothballs
Nicotine: insecticide/ addictive drug
Nitrobenzene: Gasoline additive
Nitrous Oxide Phenols: Disinfectant
Polonium: Cancer-causing radioactive element
Stearic Acid: Candle wax
Tar: Substance used to pave roads and driveways
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There are about 574 other ingredients in each cigarette, other than the tobacco.
So, next time you smoke a cigarette, think twice of its repercussions.