There are approximately 600 ingredients in cigarettes. When burned, cigarettes create more than 7,000 chemicals. At least 69 of these chemicals are known to cause cancer, and many are toxic.

Many of these chemicals also are found in consumer products, but these products have warning labels – such as rat poison packaging. While the public is warned about the danger of the poisons in these products, there is no such warning for the toxins in tobacco smoke.

Here are some of the toxins found in cigarette smoke:

<aside> 🐀 Arsenic (used in rat poison)

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<aside> 💇‍♀️ Acetic Acid (an ingredient in hair dye)

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<aside> 💅 Acetone (found in nail polish remover)

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<aside> 🧼 Ammonia (a common household cleaner)

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<aside> ⛽ Benzene (found in rubber cement and gasoline)

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<aside> 🔥 Butane (used in lighter fluid)

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<aside> 🔋 Cadmium (active component in battery acid)

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<aside> 💨 Carbon Monoxide (released in car exhaust fumes)

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<aside> ⚰️ Formaldehyde (used as embalming fluid)

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<aside> ♨️ Hexamine (found in barbecue lighter fluid)

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<aside> 💭 Naphthalene (an ingredient in mothballs)

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<aside> 🚀 Methanol (a main component in rocket fuel)

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<aside> 🐛 Nicotine (used as an insecticide)

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<aside> 🔋 Lead (used in batteries)

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<aside> 🚧 Tar (material for paving roads)

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<aside> 🎨 Toluene (found in paint thinner)

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