9 Deadly Content of Cigarettes

Who doesn't know cigarettes? Surely everyone knows what cigarettes are. From old age to young, have seen people smoke and know what cigarettes look like. As an object that is widely used by the public, especially in Indonesia, cigarettes are an addictive object that is difficult to remove. Even though the main reason why cigarettes can become addictive or addictive is the cigarette content in them.

 

There are not only a few of the cigarette contents. In research that has been carried out, there are actually more than 600 ingredients in cigarettes. From tobacco as the main product, finally it can become cigarettes that are often bought by many people at relatively affordable prices.

 

What's in a Cigarette ?

But talking about cigarettes is not only about what it contains, but also how the production of more than 600 of these ingredients works by being burned and then combining into the 7,000 substances that are in the smoke. That is why cigarettes are actually very dangerous. Not only damaging your health, but also talking about the economy that you have to buy these cigarettes every day.

 

 

Talking about diseases that can be caused by smoking, of course there are so many. However, the most dangerous and very risky to attack the body of smokers is lung cancer and other diseases such as impotence and miscarriage if pregnant women decide to smoke. Crazy again, not only active smokers can get the disease, but passive smoking can also contract the disease. When passive smokers are often among the smoker's environment, the dangerous disease has lurked them.

With so many studies that have discussed the dangers of smoking, there are still many who decide to become smokers. Even though the cigarette content itself is very dangerous. For those who do not know what the deadly contents of cigarettes are, we will discuss them in full below. Actually there are a lot of cigarette ingredients, more than 600 ingredients, but what will be discussed here is more about cigarette ingredients which are actually also often used for other products. Hopefully, the information we provide below will be a lesson for you.

 

 

1. Carbon Monoxide

 

Carbon Monoxide

 

When it comes to cigarette content, we are talking about carbon monoxide. Yes, one of the ingredients in cigarettes is carbon monoxide. Actually the compound in the form of a gas has absolutely no taste or much. However, when it is often inhaled, it is very dangerous for your health. How did it happen? Are you aware that carbon monoxide is usually produced by motor vehicle exhaust fumes? That is what is actually in cigarettes. When it frequently enters the body, the muscle and heart function will certainly decrease. This is what can cause dangerous diseases such as heart disease and lung disease to lurk in smokers.

 

2. Nicotine

 

Nicotine Poisoning

 

One that makes smokers addicted is nicotine. Nicotine addiction has an effect like opium and morphine that does come from nicotine which is usually also used in insecticides. But the real effect of keeping smokers consuming it is the pleasant and calming effect. That is why the harmful effects of nicotine, such as damaging the nervous system, are not thought of by smokers.

 

3. Tar

Tar is also an important part of smoking, just like nicotine. When the tar is often inhaled by smokers, it will immediately settle in the lungs. You must already know that one of the side effects of smoking is lung cancer. Well, tar is the main cause of this deadly disease. In addition, yellowing teeth are also caused by tar. Though tar is actually also used in materials for road paving. 

4. Hydrogen Cyanide

 

 

Cyanide is a very deadly substance. You must have heard of this material. When you consume this material, you will die immediately. How dangerous this content is. But did you know that hydrogen cyanide is also in cigarettes? When you frequently consume cigarettes, the hydrogen cyanide will weaken your lung system. Though this content is commonly found in the plastic, paper, and pest control industries.

5. Benzene

 

 

Benzene is a cigarette ingredient which is usually a residue from burning cigarettes. When you are often exposed to benzene, it can cause anemia and bleeding. Even leukemia can also be affected because benzene does damage white blood cells while reducing the number of red blood cells. Even though, do you think that benzene is usually found in rubber and gasoline?

6. Formaldehyde

 

Formaldehyde

 

Apart from benzene, formaldehyde is also part of the burning residue of cigarettes. The long-term effects are also dangerous. You put you at risk for nasopharyngeal cancer and cause irritation in your eyes, throat and nose. Formaldehyde is usually found in balms.

7. Arsenic

Arsenic poison for rat

 

If you think cyanide is deadly, then you need to know that cigarettes also contain arsenic. Arsenic is the first class of carcinogens that can cause skin cancer, kidney cancer, lung cancer, urinary tract cancer, and liver cancer. Outside of its use in cigarettes, arsenic is commonly found in pesticides and rat poison. You can imagine for yourself how dangerous this content is if you consume it continuously.

8. Cadmium

Cadmium is a cigarette content that is usually present in cigarette smoke. You certainly know that not all of the cigarette smoke that enters the lungs can be removed. When it settles in the lungs until it is absorbed, there will be deadly side effects such as kidney failure and cancer. Less common side effects include muscle spasms and cramps. Cadmium itself is also in the battery which is certainly not for consumption by any living thing.

9. Ammonia

Ammonia is a content in cigarettes that is actually in household cleaning fluids, such as floor cleaners. In the form of a poisonous gas and does not have a strong odor, ammonia is used in the cigarette industry to increase the effects of addiction, which is actually already filled with nicotine. But in order to have a greater addictive effect, ammonia is used. When you are often exposed to ammonia, dangerous diseases such as throat cancer to pneumonia can attack your body.

That is a line of deadly cigarette contents and you need to know. Isn't that awful? Therefore, you should immediately stop smoking. If you really want to get out of smoking, you can use a variety of methods. One of them is of course stopping the use of cigarettes. When you can stop smoking cigarettes, you will feel a variety of positive effects that will certainly make life smooth. Besides that, you definitely don't want to be exposed to the list of diseases that have been written above. Hopefully the information provided can be a strong reason for you to escape the deadly effects of cigarette addiction.

 

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