According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
, 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 micrograms |
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 |
N-Nitrosodi-n-butylamine:- |
3 nanograms |
N-Nitrosodiethanolamine:- |
24 to 36 nanograms |
N-Nitrosodiethylamine:- |
up to 8.3 nanograms |
N-Nitrosodimethylamine:- |
5.7 to 43 nanograms |
N-Nitrosodi-n-propylamine:- |
1 nanogram |
4-(N-Nitrosomethylamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone:- |
up to 4.2 micrograms |
N-Nitrosonornicotine:- |
14 micrograms |
N-Nitrosopiperidine:- |
unknown |
N-Nitrosopyrrolidine:- |
113 nanograms |
N-Nitrososarcosine:- |
22 to 460 nanograms |
Polonium-210:- |
depends on soil and fertilizer used to grow tobacco |
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons:- |
28 to 100 milligrams |
o-Toluidine:- |
32 nanograms |
Vinyl chloride:- |
5.6 to 27 nanograms |
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