Smoking
Kills
‘Everytime you light up a cigarette
you are proving that your life is not worth living.’


The benefits are
enormous. Your heart, lungs, and blood vessels have an amazing capacity to heal
themselves when given the chance. When you stop smoking, your body starts repairing
itself almost immediately. The risk of heart attack, stroke, and cancer starts
dropping immediately.
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Acetone—found in nail polish remover. Fragrant volatile liquid ketone, used as a solvent.
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Acetic
acid—an ingredient in hair dye
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Ammonia—a common household cleaner. A toxic, colourless gas with a sharp odour. Ammonia compounds
are commonly used in cleaning products and fertilisers. Arsenic—used in rat poison. Containing pesticides used in tobacco farming occur in small
quantities in cigarette smoke.
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Benzene—found in rubber cement and gasoline
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Butane—used in lighter fluid
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Cadmium—active component in battery acid
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Carbon
monoxide—released
in car exhaust fumes. An odourless,
colourless gas that is released from burning tobacco. When it is inhaled it
enters the blood stream and interferes with the working of the heart and the
blood vessels. Up to 15% of a smoker’s blood can be carrying carbon monoxide
instead of oxygen.
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Formaldehyde—embalming fluid
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Hexamine—found in barbecue lighter fluid
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Lead—used in batteries
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Naphthalene—an ingredient in mothballs
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Methanol—a main component in rocket fuel
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Nicotine—used
as an insecticide. Colourless, poisonous
alkaloid derived from the tobacco plant. It is a powerful drug, which affects
the brain and quickly becomes addictive.
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Polonium
– 210 -
Radioactive element – used in nuclear weapons as well as an atomic heat source.
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Tar—material for paving roads. It’s a sticky brown substance that forms when tobacco cools
and condenses. It collects in the lungs and can cause cancer.
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Toluene—. A highly toxic chemical. Industrial uses include rubbers,
oils, resins, adhesives, inks, detergents, dyes and explosives.
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