List of Chemicals in Cigarettes

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What are some toxic chemicals found in cigarettes?

List of Chemicals in Cigarettes

There are over 4,000 identified toxic chemicals found in cigarettes. Listed here are 109 of the most toxic chemicals found in cigarettes:

A
Acetaldehyde
Acetic Acid
Acetone
Acetylene
Acrolein
Acrylonitrile
Aluminum
Aminobiphenyl
Ammonia
Anabasine
Anatabine
Aniline
Anthracenes
Argon
Arsenic

B
Benz(a)anthracene
Benzene
Benzo(a)pyrene
Benzo(b)fluoranthene
Benzo(j)fluoranthene
Butadiene
Butane

C
Cadmium
Campesterol
Carbon Monoxide
Carbon Sulfide
Catechol
Chromium
Chrysene
Copper
Crotonaldehyde
Cyclotenes

D
DDT/Dieldrin
Dibenz(a,h)acridine
Dibenz(a,h)anthracene
Dibenz(a,j)acridine
Dibenzo(a,l)pyrene
Dibenzo(c,g)carbazole
Dimenthylhydrazine

E
Ethanol
Ethylcarbamate

F
Fluoranthenes
Fluorenes
Formaldehyde
Formic Acid
Furan

G
Glycerol

H
Hexamine
Hydrazine
Hydrogen cyanide
Hydrogen sulfide

I
Indeno(1,2,3-c,d)pyrene
Indole
Isoprene

L
Lead
Limonine
Linoleic Acid
Linolenic Acid

M
Magnesium
Mercury
Methane
Methanol
Methyl formate
Methylamineethylchrysene
Methylamine
Methylnitrosamino
Methylpyrrolidine

N
n-Nitrosoanabasine
n-Nitrosodiethanolamine
n-Nitrosodiethylamine
n-nitrosodimethylamine
n-Nitrosoethyl methylamine
n-Nitrosomorpholine
n-Nitrosopyrrolidine
Naphthalene
Naphthylamine
Neophytadienes
Nickel
Nicotine
Nitric Oxide
Nitrobenzene
Nitropropane
Nitrosamines
Nitrosonomicotine
Nitrous oxide phenols
Nomicotine

P
Palmitic acid
Phenanthrenes
Phenol
Picolines
Polonium-210
Propionic acid
Pyrenes
Pyrrolidine

Q
Quinoline
Quinones

S
Scopoletin
Sitosterol
Skatole
Solanesol
Stearic acid
Stigmasterol
Styrene

T
Titanium
Toluene
Toluidine

U
Urethane

V
Vinyl Chloride
Vinylpyridine

   

Comments

8/22/2006 3:57:10 AM
peter said:

are there any more


8/29/2006 6:55:31 PM
bob said:

i think this information is useful to see what rubbish people are putting into them selves, though it wouls be helpful for us non chemists to know what these chemicals actually are. e.g. what they are used for, and what is there common name if tehy have one


3/4/2007 11:05:03 AM
Emily said:

are these the chemicals in tobacco smoke


4/27/2007 12:30:08 PM
Natalie said:

EEECK! thats horrible.
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5/29/2007 11:33:32 AM
Anysa said:

this is an awesome page to research


5/29/2007 11:36:08 AM
Destiney said:

this page is cool and has a good list to show people whats in there body and what they smoke.




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