Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Do You Miss Your Cigarettes?
I believe someone else posted an even more complete list, but I couldn't find the post..... The next time you're missing your old buddy, the cigarette, take a good long look at this list and see them for what they are: a delivery system for toxic chemical and carcinogens.Chemical Description Benzene / GASOLINE ADDITIVE A colourless cyclic hydrocarbon obtained from coal and petroleum, used as a solvent in fuel and in chemical manufacture - and contained in cigarette smoke. A known carcinogen associated with leukaemia.Butane / LIGHTER FLUIDCadmium / USED TO RECHARGE BATTERIES Cyanide / DEADLY POISONDDT / INSECTICIDE Freon / USED IN AIR CONDITIONING UNITS Sulfuric Acid / CAR BATTERIES Formaldehyde / EMBALMING FLUID A colourless liquid, highly poisonous, used to preserve dead bodies - also found in cigarette smoke. Known to cause cancer, respiratory, skin and gastrointestinal problems. Ammonia / TOILET CLEANERUsed as a flavouring, frees nicotine from tobacco turning it into a gas Often
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