List of cigarette smoke carcinogens
Commercial tobacco smoke is a mixture of more than 5,000 chemicals.[1] According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,[2] the following are known human carcinogens 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 |
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 |
3 nanograms | |
24 to 36 nanograms | |
N-Nitrosodiethylamine | up to 8.3 nanograms |
N-Nitrosodimethylamine | 5.7 to 43 nanograms |
1 nanogram | |
4-(N-Nitrosomethylamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone | up to 4.2 micrograms |
N-Nitrosonornicotine | 14 micrograms |
unknown | |
113 nanograms | |
22 to 460 nanograms | |
Polonium-210 | variable[3] |
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | 28 to 100 milligrams |
o-Toluidine | 32 nanograms |
Vinyl chloride | 5.6 to 27 nanograms |
See also[]
- Composition of electronic cigarette aerosol
- Health effects of tobacco smoking
- List of additives in cigarettes
References[]
- ^ Talhout, Reinskje; Schulz, Thomas; Florek, Ewa; Van Benthem, Jan; Wester, Piet; Opperhuizen, Antoon (2011). "Hazardous Compounds in Tobacco Smoke". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 8 (12): 613–628. doi:10.3390/ijerph8020613. ISSN 1660-4601. PMC 3084482. PMID 21556207.
- ^ "About the Report on Carcinogens". Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
- ^ Godwin, W. S.; Subha, V. R.; Feroz, K. M. (2010). "210Po radiation dose due to cigarette smoking" (PDF). Current Science. 98: 681–686. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
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