- List of cigarette smoke carcinogens
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According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,[1] the following are known human carcinogens found in cigarette smoke:
Chemical Amount (per cigarette) Acetaldehyde 980 micrograms to 1.37 milligrams Acrylonitrile formerly 1 to 2 milligrams. This product was used as a fumigant in tobacco. Its use has since been discontinued. 4-Aminobiphenyl 0.2 to 23 nanograms per cigarette o-Anisidine hydrochloride unknown Arsenic unknown Benzene 5.9 to 75 micrograms Beryllium 0.5 nanograms 1,3-Butadiene 152 to 400 micrograms Cadmium 1.7 micograms 1,1-Dimethylhydrazine unknown Ethylene oxide unknown Formaldehyde unknown Furan unknown Heterocyclic amines unknown Hydrazine 32 micrograms Isoprene :3.1 milligrams Lead unknown 2-Naphthylamine 1.5 to 35 nanograms Nitromethane unknown Polonium-210 variable, depending on soil and fertilizer used to grow tobacco[2] Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons 28 to 100 milligrams o-Toluidine 32 nanograms Vinyl chloride 5.6 to 27 nanograms See also
- List of additives in cigarettes
- Health effects of tobacco smoking
References
- ^ "11th Report on Carcinogens by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services". http://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/roc/toc11.html. Retrieved 2006-10-27.
- ^ "Radioactive Polonium-210 found in Tobacco". American Computer Scientists Association Inc.. 2002. http://www.acsa.net/HealthAlert/lungcancer.html. Retrieved 2007-08-20.
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