Inside Your Stick

By: Zirah Sardoma

A stick of cigarette is made up of a tabacco roll containing more than 7, 000 chemicals when burned and 69 of them can cause cancer.

According to American Lung Association, here are a few of the chemicals in tobacco smoke and other places they are found:

Acetone – found in nail polish remover

Acetic Acid –  an ingredient in hair dye

Ammonia – a common household cleaner

Arsenic – used in rat poison

Benzene – found in rubber cement

Butane – used in lighter fluid

Cadmium – active component in battery acid

Carbon Monoxide – released in car exhaust fumes

Formaldehyde – embalming fluid

Hexamine – found in barbecue lighter fluid

Lead – used in batteries

Naphthalene – an ingredient in mothballs

Methanol – a main component in rocket fuel

Nicotine – used as insecticide

Tar – material for paving roads

Toluene – used to manufacture paint

These chemicals are usually found in some common consumer products with health warnings but in Cigarette alone, it is all sum up. Ready to get lit up.