Saturday, 7 July 2012

List of Chemicals and there quantity per Cigarette..



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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