Smokers faces slew of nicotin and other toxins — which are heating up to causing cancer
Nicotine is the addictive component of a cigarette. When nicotine is inhaled, it reaches the brain in six seconds.
However, it's not the nicotine that kills you, it's the thousands of other toxins contained in a cigarette that cause the harm. A single cigarette contains over
4,000 chemicals, either as gases or as minute particles. More than 50 of these chemicals are carcinogenic - they are know to cause cancer. Some of them are highly toxic, including:
- Arsenic - used in rat poison
- Carbon Monoxide - released in car exhaust fumes
- Cyanide - used in pesticides
- Benzene - found in rubber cement
- Toluene - used to manufacture paint
- Formaldehyde - used as an embalming fluid
- Acetone - found in nail varnish remover
- Butane - used in lighter fuel
- Cadmium - found in battery acid
- Lead - used in batteries
- Tar - used for road surfaces
It makes horrific reading, doesn't it? Why would you want to put any of those compounds into your body? But that's what million of people across globe do several times every day.
It's not difficult to see how exposing yourself to those toxins on a regular basis is going to have a negative impact, not only on your longevity, but also your general health and well-being.
Please quit smoking, keep your self healthy and wealthy !!