Chemicals In Tobacco Cigarettes

The chemicals in cigarettes and tobacco smoke make smoking harmful. Tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 different chemicals. At least 50 are known carcinogens (cause cancer in humans) and many are poisonous.

Cigarettes are one of few products which can be sold legally which can harm and even kill you over time if used as intended. There are ongoing lawsuits in the USA which aim to hold tobacco companies responsible for the effects of smoking on the health of long term smokers.

Carbon Monoxide (CO) (car exhaust fumes)

• An odourless, tasteless and poisonous gas, rapidly fatal in large amounts
  The same gas that comes out of car exhausts
  The main gas in cigarette smoke, formed when the cigarette is lit

Tar

• Particulate matter drawn into lungs when you inhale on a lighted cigarette. Once inhaled, smoke condenses and about 70 per cent of the tar in the smoke is deposited in the smoker's lungs.

Formaldehyde (embalming fluid)

• A colourless liquid, highly poisonous, used to preserve dead bodies - also found in cigarette smoke.
  Known to cause cancer, respiratory, skin and gastrointestinal problems.

Acetone (nail polish remover)

• Fragrant volatile liquid ketone, used as a solvent, for example, nail polish remover
  Found in cigarette smoke.

Indeed all the tigaretes, have this issue. Chimicals on the filters.