What is a cigarette?

A cigarette is a small cylinder of finely cut tobacco leaves rolled in thin paper for smoking.

What is found in a cigarette?

Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known cancer-causing (carcinogenic)
compounds and 400 other toxins. These cigarette ingredients include

Do you know what is in a cigarette?

 Nicotine (insecticide) is highly addictive./ni ke tin/

 Tar (use to seal the road surface)
 Acetone (nail polish remover) /a c tone/
 Acetic Acid (vinegar) /are c tic/
 Ammonia (toilet cleaner)
 Arsenic (rat poison)
 Benzene (gasoline additive)
 Methanol (jet fuel)
 Methane (sewer gas) /su were/
 Hydrogen Cyanide (gas chamber poison)
 Carbon monoxide (Gas that comes from the car exhaust)

What causes cancer in a cigarette?

Tar in cigarette smoke causes cancer. But, nicotine is an addictive drug. It is not the nicotine
in cigarette smoke that causes cancer. Nicotine may keep you smoking, but it is the other bad
chemicals in cigarettes that make smoking so dangerous.