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(53,235 posts)Familiar Chemicals in Cigarettes
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carbon monoxide also found in car exhaust
nicotine also found in bug sprays
tar also found in material to make roads
arsenic also found in rat poison
ammonia also found in cleaning products
hydrogen cyanide also found in gas chamber poison
cyanide also found in deadly poison
acetone also found in nail polish remover
butane also found in cigarette lighter fluid
DDT also found in insecticides
formaldehyde, used to preserve dead bodies
sulfuric acid also found in car batteries
cadmium also found in used to recharge batteries
freon, damages earth's ozone layer
geranic, a fragrance
methoprene, a pesticide
maltitol, a sweetener not permitted to be used in foods in the U.S.
Sources: Dr. Joel Dunnington, Tobacco Almanac, Revised, May 1993.