There are currently 599 known additives in cigarettes. The additive report was submitted to the United States Department of Health in 1994 by five leading global manufacturers of cigarettes

It’s important to note that, while there are 600 ingredients that can be used in cigarettes, they produce over 4,000 chemical compounds. When burned, these cigarette ingredients mix together and create deadly substances, 69 of which are carcinogenic

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Let’s take a look at a number of known carcinogenic chemical compounds that are produced by a burning cigarette.

• Acetone—found in nail polish remover
• Acetic acid—an ingredient in hair dye
• Ammonia—a common household cleaner
• Arsenic—used in rat poison
• Benzene—found in rubber cement and gasoline
• Butane—used in lighter fluid
• Cadmium—active component in battery acid
• Carbon monoxide—released in car exhaust fumes
• Formaldehyde—embalming fluid
• Hexamine—found in barbecue lighter fluid
• Lead—used in batteries
• Naphthalene—an ingredient in mothballs
• Methanol—a main component in rocket fuel
• Nicotine—used as an insecticide
• Tar—material for paving roads
• Toluene—used to manufacture pain