Poisons in Tobacco
Tobacco smoke is a cocktail of over 4500 chemicals, of which 43 are known carcinogens (cancer-causing agents).
Some of the poisons in tobacco smoke are listed in the diagram to the right. Other poisons in tobacco smoke include:
- Cadmium (car batteries)
- DDT (insecticide)
- Hydrogen Cyanide (gas chambers)
- Toluene (industrial solvent)
- Vinyl chloride (plastics)
"Sometimes I just sit in front of a mirror and watch myself inhaling that poison gas. If I was in a concentration camp and someone tried to make me do that, I'd want to kill them." - anonymous smoker