Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 toxic substances, many of which are known to cause cancer in humans.

In addition to the very addictive nicotine, cigarettes contain:

Arsenic: used in rat poison.

Acetic Acid: hair dye and developer.

Acetone: main ingredient in paint and figernail (polish) remover.

Ammonia: a typical household cleaner.

Benzene: rubber cement.

Cadmium: found in batteries and artists' oil paint.

Carbon Monoxide: poison.

Formaldehyde: used to embalm dead bodies.

Hydrazine: used in jet and rocket fuels.

Hydrogen Cyanide: poison in gas chambers.

Napthalenes: used in explosives, moth balls, and paint pigments.

Nickel: used in the process of electroplating.

Phenol: used in disinfectants and plastics.

Polonium: radiation dosage, equal to 300 chest X-rays in one year.

Styrene: found in insulation material.

Tuluene: embalmers glue.

Vinyl Chloride: ingredient found in garbage bags.

These toxic ingredients don't just harm the smoker. Nonsmokers exposed to second-hand smoke have in their body fluids significant amounts of nicotine, carbon monoxide, and other evidence of secondhand smoke exposure.