Cigarettes
Cigarettes
A cigarette may look harmless enough - tobacco leaves covered in classic white paper. But when it burns, it releases a dangerous cocktail of about 4,000 chemicals including:
more than 70 cancer-causing chemicals hundreds of other poisons. nicotine, a highly addictive drug, and many additives designed to make cigarettes taste nicer and keep smokers hooked.
Tar a term that describes a collection of solid particles that smokers inhale when they light a cigarette. It is a mixture of lots of chemicals, many of which can cause cancer. When it settles, tar forms a sticky, brown residue that can stain smokers’ teeth, fingers and lungs.
Arsenic
It can cause cancer as well as damaging the heart and its blood vessels. It can interfere the ability of repairing our dna.
Benzene a solvent used to manufacture other chemicals, including petrol. It is well-established that benzene can cause cancer, particularly leukaemia.
Cadmium a metal used mostly to make batteries.the amounts of cadmium present in tobacco smoke are capable of affecting our health and It is a known cause of cancer, and can also damage the kidneys and the linings of the arteries.prevent our cells from repairing damaged DNA.
Formaldehyde a smelly chemical used to kill bacteria, preserve dead bodies and manufacture other chemicals. It is one of the substances in tobacco smoke most likely to cause diseases in our lungs and airways. It causes cancer.
Polonium-210 a rare, radioactive element which can deliver radiation directly to surrounding cells will cause cancer.
Chromium a metal used to make metallic alloys, dyes and paints and comes in different types. It is very toxic and known to cause lung cancer.
Butadiene an industrial chemical used in rubber manufacture. Some scientists believe that of all the chemicals in tobacco smoke, Butadiene may present the greatest overall cancer risk.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons a group of powerful cancer-causing
A cigarette may look harmless enough - tobacco leaves covered in classic white paper. But when it burns, it releases a dangerous cocktail of about 4,000 chemicals including:
more than 70 cancer-causing chemicals hundreds of other poisons. nicotine, a highly addictive drug, and many additives designed to make cigarettes taste nicer and keep smokers hooked.
Tar a term that describes a collection of solid particles that smokers inhale when they light a cigarette. It is a mixture of lots of chemicals, many of which can cause cancer. When it settles, tar forms a sticky, brown residue that can stain smokers’ teeth, fingers and lungs.
Arsenic
It can cause cancer as well as damaging the heart and its blood vessels. It can interfere the ability of repairing our dna.
Benzene a solvent used to manufacture other chemicals, including petrol. It is well-established that benzene can cause cancer, particularly leukaemia.
Cadmium a metal used mostly to make batteries.the amounts of cadmium present in tobacco smoke are capable of affecting our health and It is a known cause of cancer, and can also damage the kidneys and the linings of the arteries.prevent our cells from repairing damaged DNA.
Formaldehyde a smelly chemical used to kill bacteria, preserve dead bodies and manufacture other chemicals. It is one of the substances in tobacco smoke most likely to cause diseases in our lungs and airways. It causes cancer.
Polonium-210 a rare, radioactive element which can deliver radiation directly to surrounding cells will cause cancer.
Chromium a metal used to make metallic alloys, dyes and paints and comes in different types. It is very toxic and known to cause lung cancer.
Butadiene an industrial chemical used in rubber manufacture. Some scientists believe that of all the chemicals in tobacco smoke, Butadiene may present the greatest overall cancer risk.
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons a group of powerful cancer-causing