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Up in
Smoke:
What's Really
in a Burning
Cigarette?
A lit cigarette produces more than
4,000 chemicals. Many are poisonous, and at least 50 are known to
cause cancer. Here are some of the
chemicals in cigarette smoke, and
where else you'll find them:
* Acetone-found in nail polish
remover
* Acetic Acid-hair dye ingredient
* Ammonia-common household
cleaner
* Arsenic-used in rat poison
* Benzene-found in rubber cement
* Butane-used in lighter fluid
* Cadmium-active component in
battery acid
* Carbon monoxide-released in
car exhaust fumes
* Formaldehyde-main ingredient
in embalming fluid
* Hexamine-found in barbecue
lighter fluid
* Lead-used in batteries
* Naphthalene-mothball
ingredient
* Methanol-main component in
rocket fuel
* Nicotine-used as insecticide
* Tar-road-paving material
* Toluene-used to manufacture
paint
Source: American Lung Association
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