What you actually inhale while smoking a cigarette?

Nicotine and tar are known as basic harmful elements found in a cigarette. However, cigarettes contain about 4,000 more substances which can be even more harmful. We will leave aside the nicotine and tar, and will try to mention some of the others you probably do not know.

Formaldehyde - a substance used to preserve dead bodies and protect them from decaying


Arsenic - Pure poison


Cyanide – poisonous gas used in gas chambers


Carbon monoxide - a gas that is deadly in large concentrations, and makes breathing more difficult in small concentrations


Naphthalene - Surely you have heard and know the white balls that are used against moths


Vinyl chloride - The substance used for making PVC


Cadmium - highly toxic metal that can be found in batteries


Acetone - Women well know what is acetone, it is a substance used for removing nail varnish


Ammonia - a substance usually found in cleaners for homes and toilets


This is a small part of the dangerous elements found in cigarettes, which smokers regularly inhale. After reading this consider whether it is worthwhile to try to quit smoking?