| The smoking is dangerous not only because it is | | | | experience burning sensations of the nose, throat, and |
| addictive and people develop dependency and the | | | | eyes, may become nauseated, start coughing, and etc. |
| need to smoke. It is also dangerous because the | | | | Hydrogen cyanide is a byproduct of cigarette burning. It |
| cigarette smoke contains about 4,000 chemicals. Many | | | | is a very dangerous chemical known to cause |
| of those chemicals are toxic and some are known to | | | | headache, dizziness, nausea, and etc. when inhaled in |
| cause cancer. | | | | small quantities. If inhaled in larger quantities hydrogen |
| Ammonia is the gas with the very sharp odor. It is very | | | | cyanide can be the cause for irregular heartbeats, |
| irritating to the skin, eyes, lungs, and other parts of the | | | | fainting, and even death. Among other chemicals, |
| human body. The reason why ammonia is added to | | | | cigarette smoke contains pesticides. Pesticides are |
| cigarettes is because it improves the absorption of | | | | very toxic and for that reason are used to kill insects. It |
| nicotine; it basically boosts the impact of nicotine on the | | | | has been discovered that cigarette smoke contains |
| smoker. | | | | three different pesticides. |
| Benzene is a chemical that has been identified as a | | | | Cigarettes are classified by the amount of toxic |
| chemical that causes leukemia. Benzene is used in the | | | | chemicals in milligrams per cigarette. There is a term |
| manufacturing process; it is one of the most widely | | | | used to describe the toxic chemicals in found in |
| used chemicals in production in the United States. | | | | cigarettes: tar. The low-tar cigarettes contain less than |
| Carbon monoxide is a chemical that is produced as a | | | | 7 milligrams of toxic chemicals. Medium tar cigarettes |
| result of incomplete burning of fuels that contain | | | | contain from 15 to 21 milligrams of toxic chemicals, and |
| carbon. Carbon monoxide's effect on the human body | | | | the high tar cigarettes contain more than 22 milligrams |
| is such that it reduces the blood's ability to absorb and | | | | of toxic chemicals. The cigarette filter does not stop |
| carry oxygen. | | | | most of the chemicals and they find their way into the |
| Formaldehyde is another chemical that is proven to | | | | lungs of the smoker. Thus the lungs are exposed to |
| cause cancer. When a smoker is exposed to the | | | | the risks of the multitude of smoking related illnesses. |
| increased concentration of formaldehyde, he/she may | | | | |