What's in a cigarette? - Symptoms, Causes and Treatments

Definition

Smoking kills. Everyone is aware of this now, and for several years now, the law has required cigarette packets to clearly display warnings about the dangers of tobacco.

But what makes cigarettes so dangerous for your health?

Generalities

When smoking, one inhales nicotine , of course , a violent poison that would be enough to make tobacco dangerous ( injected directly into a vein, the dose of nicotine contained in a cigarette is enough to kill a man ), but also more than 4000 other products, at least 50 of which are carcinogenic , among others:

du phenol : extremely toxic acid
from the pyridine : flammable liquid used in particular in insecticides
of'arsenic : very violent poison
du methanol : toxic alcohol, used in antifreeze, among other things
du hydrogen sulfite : toxic gas
du hydrogen cyanide : poison used to execute those sentenced to death
of'ammonia : used among other things in the manufacture of explosives and disinfectants, it facilitates the absorption of nicotine and aggravates addiction
du formalin : irritant gas
of'formic acid : very irritating, used in leather manufacturing
of'acetonitrile : toxic compound used, among other things, in the manufacture of insecticides
du methyl chloride : toxic gas used in the manufacture of paint solvents
of'acrolein : toxic, irritant liquid
of'nitrous oxide : irritant gas
of'acetaldehyde : highly toxic flammable liquid
du propionaldehyde : liquid used as a disinfectant
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