There are poisons in a cigarette

A cigarette contains at least 69 carcinogens, including arsenic used in rat poison and can cause bladder cancer, liver cancer.

Almost everyone knows that tobacco is harmful to health, but few understand how dangerous it is. Research by scientists at the University of North Carolina (USA) shows that 70% of smokers only hear about nicotine, which increases the risk of death from tobacco.

A cigarette contains more than 4,000 chemicals.(Photo: westsussex).

According to the American Cancer Society, a cigarette contains more than 4,000 chemicals, including hundreds of toxic substances and at least 69 carcinogens. In addition to nicotine, tobacco also contains the following particularly dangerous substances :

1. Cadmium: Commonly used mainly in batteries.Prolonged exposure to cadmium can cause toxicity and respiratory or kidney problems, even death.
2. Methanol: The main component of rocket materials.Methanol is a very toxic substance, a small amount also causes blindness and more can easily lead to death.
3. Formaldehyde: Substance used for embalming.At concentrations above 0.1 mg / kg of air, breathing in formaldehyde stimulates the eyes and mucous membranes, watery eyes, headaches, burning sensation in the throat and difficulty breathing.Exposure to more formaldehyde increases cardiac activity, rapid and shallow breathing, hypothermia, and coma;Can lead to cancer and death.
4. Arsenic: Commonly used in rat poison.Arsenic is four times more toxic than mercury, added to the list of group carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) and the European Union (EU). Low amounts also have many health effects such as ulcer necrosis, skin pigmentation disorders, palmar keratosis, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, bladder cancer, liver cancer.
5. Acetaldehyde: A highly toxic substance causing cancer, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia or alzheimer's, fetal malformations, hypertension despite exposure to small amounts.

In addition to the above substances, there are many other harmful substances in tobacco but scientists have not been able to determine the effect on the bodies of all of them. The group of authors from the University of North Carolina said more research was needed to better understand the tobacco composition, as well as help smokers quit this bad habit.