Cigarette smoke has over 599 possible additives to it and while these are all part of food additives their effects on burning them have not been studied. Burning these changes their properties and worsens their effects. Smoking cigarettes creates about 4000 different chemicals most of which are carcinogenic and toxic not only to the smoker but also to those that are exposed to the smoke.
Cigarettes are essentially dried and cured tobacco leaves that are stuffed into a wrapping and include some additives. The cigarette is burned to inhale the smoke. They are known to produce a number of chemicals like carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide and so on. All of these are harmful to the body and increase the risk of coronary diseases, cancer and a host of respiratory and circulatory diseases.
Tobacco is known to be addictive and has a lot of unpleasant health hazards to smokers. Tobacco contains nicotine that has a mild euphoric effect and can raise alertness and memory for irregular or infrequent users. In frequent or persistent smokers it only eases the withdrawal symptoms of nicotine like restlessness, insomnia and so on. Apart from the health problems that it poses the habit can also affect the people who are close to the smoker, called the passive smokers. Tobacco in any forms in addictive.
Cigarette smoke additives, respiratory and circulatory diseases
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