Cigarette, beware what it contains!

Beware what it contains!

Every cigarette contains over 4,000 types of chemicals
400 of them are poisonous and about 40 can cause cancer

Chemicals in Cigarette Smoke
Here are just some examples:

Nicotine	Causes addiction Makes blood clot readily, increasing the smoker's risk of heart attack
Hydrogen Cyanide	Poison used in gas chambers
Polonium-20	Radioactive substance
Carbon Monoxide	A dangerous gas found in car exhaust smoke Damages the inner lining of blood vessels and increases the deposit of fat on the blood vessel walls Increases the risk of heart attack
Formaldehyde	Used to embalm dead bodies
Cadmium	Chemcial found in car batteries
Arsenic	White ant poison
Napthalene	Killer ingredient found in mothballs
Acetone	Found in paint stripper
Ammonia	Active ingredient in floor cleaner
Tar	Used to cover road surfaces Contains cancer-causing substances
DDT	A pesticide which kills ants and mosquitoes

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