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Smoking Information
Information about Smoking
Tobacco smoke contains more than 4000 chemicals. Most people know about tar nicotine and carbon monoxide but did you know that it also contains 600 toxic substances? Have a look at what goes into your body with every puff.
- Acetone - used to make paint stripper
- Ammonia - found in toilet cleaners
- Arsenic - a deadly poison used in insecticides
- Benzene - used as a solvent in fuel and chemical manufacturing
- Butane - a form of lighter fluid
- Formaldehyde - a highly poisonous substance, used to preserve dead bodies
- Hydrogen cyanide - a poison used in gas chambers
- Methanol - a rocket fuel
- Maphthalene - more commonly known as mothballs
- Shellac - when mixed with alcohol the resin becomes a wood varnish
(source: Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2002, Department of Health)
Did You Know?
Over 1,600 people are estimated to die from smoking each week. 62% of these are men and 38% women.