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What's
in Cigarette Smoke?
There are over 4,000 chemicals including: |
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Cancer
causing agents Metals |
Others Acetone, Nail Polish Remover Acetic Acid, Vinegar Ammonia, Floor/Toilet Cleaner Arsenic, Poison Butane, Cigarette Lighter Fluid Cadmium, Rechargeable Batteries Carbon Monoxide, Car Exhaust Fumes DOT/Dieldrin, Insecticides Ethanol, Alcohol Formaldehyde, Preservative for Body Tissue and Fabric Hexamine, Barbecue Lighter Hydrogen Cyanide, Gas Chamber Poison Methane, Swamp Gas Methanol, Rocket Fuel Naphthalene, Mothballs Nicotine, Insecticide, Addictive Drug Nitrobenzene, Gasoline Additive Nitrous Oxide Phenols, Disinfectant Stearic Acid, Candle Wax Toluene, Industrial Solvent Vinyl Chloride, Makes PVC2 |
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Children are especially susceptible to these poisons. For them, exposure to secondhand smoke can cause middle ear effusion, decreased lung function, lower respiratory tract infection and increase the intensity of asthma conditions. • Each year secondhand smoke causes up to 300,000 lower respiratory tract infections such as pneumonia and bronchitis in children less than 18 months old. • Passive smoke can lead to a build-up of fluid in the middle ear. This is the most common reason children are hospitalized for an operation. • ETS exposure is a risk factor for new causes of asthma in children who have not previously displayed symptoms. [Home] [Treatment Services] [ What's In Cigarettes] [Why Stop] [Town Regulations] [Other Links] [Contact Us] website
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