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| If you thought that nicotine is the only harmful component of cigarettes, you are sadly mistaken. Apart from the usual stimulant nicotine, cigarette smoke contains tar, which is made up of more than 4000 chemicals including around 60 known carcinogenic chemicals, nearly all of them are deadly. Some are also the cause of lung & heart disease and emphysema. Some are known for their adverse effects on bones and skins. You might be surprised to find the names of some of the deadly chemicals in your cigarette smoke. Some of them are as follows: Cyanide, Benzene, Formaldehyde, Acetylene (the fuel used in welding torches) and Ammonia
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