Facts about dangerous tobacco ingredients
Tar
A two pack a day smoker inhales one gram of tar a day. As a fact that is a quart of thick, gooey tar inhaled a year.
Arsenic
It causes irritated lungs, abnormal heart beat, and a score of other symptoms.
Cadmium
The cadmium in batteries is extremely poisonous when found in cigarettes and results in kidney damage.
Toluene
The toluene in glue and cigarettes is a toxic substance that produces euphoria and irritation of the air ways and lungs.
Acetone
It is a harsh chemical which irritates your lungs and can lead to cancer.
Mothballs
This proven poison causes reproductive and brain breakdown.
Phenol
It can cause kidney and liver damage and reduced blood pressure, resulting in severe sickness and possibly death.
Other facts about tobacco
Oral smokeless products such as snuff and chewing tobacco do not produce as rapid an effect on the brain as cigarette smoke inhalation. In fact the overall risk of addiction from these products is lower when compared to cigarettes.
Social facts about tobacco smoking
• 20% of high school students in the United States are current tobacco cigarette smokers—approximately 19% of females and 21% of males.
• Each day in the United States, approximately 3,600 young people between the ages of 12 and 17 years initiate cigarette smoking, and an estimated 1,100 young people become daily cigarette smokers.
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