This is what a smoker of 4 years (and counting) has just found out online today... I mean I knew it was there all along, just thought I'd share...This is some of the more interesting info..

Cigs have -

Tar

Wonder why smokers' fingers have those yellowish brown stains? One word: tar.



Nicotine

Drug responsible for making cigarettes so addictive. Studies have shown that the nicotine habit can be as hard to break as heroin or cocaine addiction.



Benzene

Benzene was once used in industry to manufacture inks, rubber, lacquers and paint remover and is highly toxic.

Carbon Monoxide

This poisonous gas reduces the amount of oxygen taken up by your red blood cells. This means less oxygen for your organs, like your heart and lungs.

Hydrogen Cyanide

the poison used in gas chambers -- it's an efficient killer.

Formaldehyde

embalming fluid used to preserve dead bodies.

Arsenic

A tobacco farmers around the world used arsenic pesticides to get rid of bugs while growing the tobacco plant.

Cadmium

a heavy metal found in car batteries!

Phosphorous

Phosphorus is a mineral found in fertilizer and laundry detergent

Now who wants to quit with me???

Yea, I know I'll just say this now when I'm real motivated and shit, but what's gonna happen in a few hours when I need my daily dose of cancer sticks?

Hmmm...I wonder

I wrote a theory about cigarettes being for population control in conspiracy, I covered pretty much everything you could think of as I always do, but its gone now. I guess I should stop typing this shit on message boards and start actually writing it. Oh well, I'm not even gonna start on it here so just think about it long and hard like I had to and you'll get it.

theres alot more than that, anyway it takes a long time for all that to build up or keep attacking cells or whatever before it causes any real harm. who cares if it is used to make paint thinner when theres only minute amounts of it anyway fuck.

damn i smell good i just smoked a camel unfiltered and came in from the rain and the water and smoke combined to make a good smell, they should make a cologne that smells like this, does anyone make any?

now those ingredients for cigarettes let young (in school) antismokers say bullshit like, you smoke paint thinner hahahahhaaa.

Acetaldehyde

Acetic acid

Acetone

Acetonitrile

Acetylene

Acids (other, 6)

Acrolein

Acrylonitrile

Alcohols (7)

Aldehydes (6)

Alkaloids (17)

Alkanes (20)

Alkenes (16)

Amines (16)

3-aminobiphenyl

4-aminobiphenyl

1-aminonapthlene

2-aminonapthlene

Ammonia

Anabasine

Anatabine

Aniline

Anthracenes (5)

Argon

Arsenic

Benzene

Benzo[a]antracene

Benzo[a]pyrene

Benzo[b]fluoranthene

Benzo[j]fluoranthene

Benzo[k]fluoranthene

Benzofurans (4)

Bipyridyls (4)

1,3-Butadiene

Butraldehyde

Cadmium

Campestrol

Carbon dioxide

Carbon monoxide

Catechols

Cholesterol

Chromium

Chrysene

m+p-Cresol

o-Cresol

Crotonaldehyde

Cyclotenes (10)

Dibenz[a,h]acridine

Dibenz[a,j]acridine

Dibenz(a,h)antracene

7H-Dibenz[c,g]carbazole

Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene

Dibenzo[a,l]pyrene

Dihydroxybenzenes (other)

1,1-dimethylhydrazine

Fluoranthenes (7)

Fluorenes (7)

Formaldehyde

Formic acid

Furans (5)

Glycerol

n-Hentriacontane

Hydrazine

Hydrocarbons

Hydrogen

Hydrogen cyanide

Hydrogen sulfide

Hydroquinone

Indenol[1,2,3-cd}pyrene

Isoprene

Indoles (14)

Ketones (3)

Lactic acid

Lead

Limonene

Linoleic acid

Linolenic acid

Maleic hyrazide

Mercury

Methane

Methanol

Methylamine

Methyl formate

5-Methylchrysene

Methyl ethyl ketone

4-(Methylnitrosoamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone (NNK)

n-Methylpyrrolidine

Naphthalenes (24)

2-Naphthylamine

Neophytadienes (4)

Nickel

Nicotine

Nitric oxide

Nitriles (10)

Nitrogen oxides

2-Nitropropane

Nitrosamines

N-Nitrosoanabasine (NAB)

N-Nitrosoanatabine (NAT)

N-Nitrosodiethanolamine

N-Nitrosodiethylamine

N-Nitrosodimethylamine

N-Nitrosomethylethylamine

N-Nitrosomorpholine

N-Nitrosonornicotine (NNN)

N-Nitrosopyrroldine

Oxygen

Palmitic Acid

Phenanthrenes (7)

Phenols (46)

Picolines

Polonium-210 (Radon)

Polyphenols

Propionaldehydye

Propionic acid

Pyrazines (volatile) (18)

Pyrenes (6)

Pyridines (26)

Pyrrole

Pyrrolidene

Quinolines (7)

Quinones

Resorcinol

Selenium

Scopoletin

Sitosterol

Skatole

Solanesol

Stearic acid

Stigmasterol

Styrene

Tar

Terpenes (200-250)

Toludines

Toluene

ortho-Toluidine

Urethane (Ethyl Carbamate)

Vinyl Chloride

3-Vinylpyridine

Water

oh yea...they're lots more!!!

but what can I do about it??

Been trying to quit forever...

I;ll probly remember this thread for like 5 minutes and totally forget or say FUCK IT when I'm at the bus-stop with nothing better to do than have a fag

[This message has been edited by Don Corleone (edited 08-07-2003).]

i love cigs like 2-3 times a day for about a year and a half now, ever since i've been legal to buy them, but i keep it low so i get a very good(yet short) buzz from them, it causes harm but i dont mind, i still rather not have started. i agree that its a form of population control in conspiracy though. its hard to stop, even only doing small amounsts of them

quote:Originally posted by Don Corleone:

[B][b]FUCK...a fag[B]

heh...heh...sorry, i'm a jackass.



[This message has been edited by NOLIJ420 (edited 08-07-2003).]

its alright. Im sure we've all done that sometime or the other...wellll...at lest I have

Besides population control, it's also a good way for the government to cash in on people's bad habits. Putting a huge ass tax on cigs to "deter" smoking does nothing but milk the addicts for money. Tnat's pretty sick to get someone addicted to something then jack up the price for your own benefit. meh..

gods population control

quote:Originally posted by NOLIJ420:

heh...heh...sorry, i'm a jackass.

[This message has been edited by NOLIJ420 (edited 08-07-2003).]

heh yeah you put that together pretty quick huh?...*shakes head in disappointment*

quote:Originally posted by torchin a blunt:

Tnat's pretty sick to get someone addicted to something then jack up the price for your own benefit. meh..

Know any drug dealers?

greed is what makes thw world go 'round. without it we'd all be bored, because we would have nothing.

whats all this bullshit about a conspiracy? people have smoked for a long time and its a traditional pastime in the united states, and if you meant all the ingredients thats for the cigarette manufacterers benefit.

This*sounds*like*Bitching*&*Moaning*to*me.

So*Moved.