Transcript What`s in a Cigarette

What's in a Cigarette?
By~Ellie Beck!
In a cigerette is....
599 ingrediants.
4,000 chemicals.
But~ here are the harmful ones!
Acetic Acid
A clear, colorless organic
acid, with a distinctive
pungent odor (smell of
vinegar), used as a
solvent and in the
products of rubber,
plastics, acetate fibers,
pharmaceuticals, and
photographic chemicals.
It is the chief acid of
vinegar.
Acetone
A colorless,
evaporates easily,
extremely
flammable liquid,
widely used as an
organic solvent,
and used in paint
and nail polish
remover.
Ammonia
A colorless, pungent gas, mostly
used to manufacture fertilizers
and a wide variety of nitrogencontaining organic and nonorganic chemicals.
Arsenic
A deadly poison that
causes diarrhea,
cramps, anemia,
paralysis and
malignant skin
tumors. It is used in
pesticides.
Found in
batteries, and
artists’ oil
paint. It causes
damage to the
liver, kidneys
and brain, it
stays in the
body for years.
Cadmium
Carbon Monoxide
A poisonous gas found in car
exhaust. And yes, it is
poisonous, so it can cause
death.
F It’s used to embalm dead bodies. It causes
o cancer, and can damage your lungs, skin
and digestive system. (embalming is what
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they do to preserve you body, but it
m normally is only done to keep you
a presentable until you funeral)
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Hydrogen Cyanide
Used in poisons in WWII gas chambers...
Lead
A highly poisonous
metal that used to
be found in some
paints. Lead
poisoning stunts
your growth, makes
you vomit and
damages your brain.
Tar
A sticky brown substance
composed of organic
and inorganic chemicals
that is the main cause of
lung and throat cancer
in smokers. Tar can also
cause unsightly yellowbrown stains on fingers
and teeth.
Smoking is bad.
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