Some of the dangerous components of a cigarette include:
- Carbon monoxide: This is a dangerous gas released in car exhaust fumes.
- Formaldehyde: This is used in preserving dead bodies at mortuaries.
- Arsenic: This is an ingredient in rat poison.
- Cadmium: This is a component in battery acid.
- Tar: This is a material for paving road.
- Nicotine: A highly addictive drug. Although, it speeds up the messages between the brain and the body, it stimulates the release of adrenaline into the blood which increases your blood pressure, your breathing and your heart-beat.
- Ammonia: Common in household cleaner
- Lead: In batteries
- Acetone: In nail polish remover
- Acetic acid: Ingredient in hair dye
- Butane: Lighter fluid
The picture below compares normal lungs with smokers’ lungs.
Smoking causes many health problems like throat cancer, lung cancer, lung diseases, heart diseases, and so on.
A word is enough for the wise.
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