What's is a Cigarette!

    There are over 5,000 chemicals in a cigarette. Many of these occur naturally in tobacco. Others are added as insecticides and fertilizers, as flavor enchancers, and to make the paper burn evenly and longer. Still others are a result of the burning process itself. Here's a sample of the substances you put into your body every time you puff on a cigarette!

Acetone:                     Paint Thinner

Ammonia:                   Household cleaner

Arsenic:                       Rat poison

Benzene:                     Used in making dye

Butane:                        Lighter Fluid

Carbone Monoxide:    Comes out of your car's tail pipe

Cadmium:                    Used in batteries

Cyanide:                      A deadly poison

DDT:                            The banned insecticide

Formaldehyde:            Used in embalming

Hydrogen cyanide:     The poison used in gas chambers

Lead:                           A heavy metal

Methoprene:                Insecticide

Naphthalene:               Used to make mothballs

Polonium:                     A cancer-causing radioactive element

Tar:                             The same material used to fill potholes

.............and 36 other known carcinogens

Nicotine: Nicotine is the addictive substance incigarettes. It's what keeps you hooked. However, it's not cause the medical problems associated with smoking. All the chemicals listed above contribute to the cancers, heart problems, emphysema, and the other negative health consequences that result from smoking.