Toxins in Tobacco

• 1. Toxic gasses from burning tobacco 

• 2. Small particles that remain suspended in the air 

• 3. Larger particles that settle on floors, ceilings, and walls  

Between puffs, a burning cigarette pollutes the air that non-smokers breathe. More toxic chemicals from cigarettes end up in the air non-smokers breathe than are inhaled by the smoker.

• Acetone (nail polish remover)

• Acetic Acid (vinegar)

• Aluminum (metal)

• Ammonia (floor and toilet cleaner)

• Arsenic (rat poison)

• Benzene (industrial solvent)

• Benzo(a)pyrene (diesel exhaust)

• Butane (cigarette lighter fluid)

• Cadmium (rechargable batteries)

• Copper (electric wiring)

• Carbon Monoxide (auto exhaust)

• DDT (insecticide)

• Dieldrin (insecticide)

• Formaldehyde (preservative for dead bodies, wood, fabrics,and those frogs you cut up in biology class!)

• Hexamine (barbecue lighter fluid)

• Hydrogen Cyanide (gas chamber poison)

• Lead (fishing sinkers...causes brain damage)

• Magnesium (flares)

• Methane (swamp gas)

• Methanol (rocket and auto fuel)

• Napthalene (moth balls)

• Nicotine (insecticide and the addictive drug in tobacco)

• Nitrobenzene (gasoline additive)

• Nitrous Oxide Phenols (disinfectant)

• Polonium 210 (radioactive compound)

• Silicon (computer chips)

• Silver (jewelry)

• Stearic Acid (candle wax)

• Titanium (airplanes and missles)

• Toluene (industrial solvent)

• Vinyl Chloride (used to make plastic)

• Zinc (metal, in pennies)

 Yuk!