Smoke constituents

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According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services[1], the following carcinogens are found in cigarette smoke:

Chemical Amount (per cigarette)
Acetaldehyde 980 micrograms to 1.37 milligrams
Acrylonitrile formerly 1 to 2 milligrams. This product was used as a fumigant in tobacco. Its use has since been discontinued.
4-Aminobiphenyl 0.2 to 23 nanograms per cigarette
o-Anisidine Hydrochloride unknown
Arsenic unknown
Benzene 5.9 to 75 micrograms
Beryllium 0.5 nanograms
1,3-Butadiene 152 to 400 micrograms
Cadmium 1.7 micrograms
1,1-Dimethylhydrazine unknown
Ethylene oxide unknown
Formaldehyde unknown
Furan unknown
Heterocyclic amines unknown
Hydrazine 32 micrograms
Isoprene  :3.1 milligrams
Lead unknown
2-Naphthylamine 1.5 to 35 nanograms
Nitromethane unknown
N-Nitrosodi-n-Butylamine 3 nanograms
N-Nitrosodiethanolamine 24 to 36 nanograms
N-Nitrosodiethylamine up to 8.3 nanograms
N-Nitrosodimethylamine 5.7 to 43 nanograms
N-Nitrosodi-n-Propylamine 1 nanogram
4-(N-Nitrosomethylamino)-1-(3-Pyridyl)-1-Butanone up to 4.2 micrograms
N-Nitrosonornicotine 14 micrograms
N-Nitrosopiperidine unknown
N-Nitrosopyrrolidine 113 nanograms
N-Nitrososarcosine 22 to 460 nanograms
Polonium-210 variable, depending on soil and fertilizer used to grow tobacco[2][3]
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon 28 to 100 milligrams
o-Toluidine 32 nanograms
Vinyl chloride 5.6 to 27 nanograms

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  1. ^ 11th Report on Carcinogens by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Retrieved on 2006-10-27.
  2. ^ Radioactive Polonium-210 found in Tobacco (English). American Computer Scientists Association Inc. (2002). Retrieved on 2007-08-20, 2007.
  3. ^ Polonium's smoky history (2006). Retrieved on 2007-08-20, 2007.