August 24, 2007, Newsletter Issue #103: List of Chemicals in Cigarettes

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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

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