List of cigarette smoke carcinogens

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,^[1] 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 per cigarette
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
N-Nitrosodi-n-Butylamine	3 nanograms
N-Nitrosodiethanolamine	24 to 36 nanograms
N-Nitrosodiethylamine	up to 8.3 nanograms
N-Nitrosodimethylamine	5.7 to 43 nanograms
N-Nitrosodi-n-Propylamine	1 nanogram
4-(N-Nitrosomethylamino)-1-(3-Pyridyl)-1-Butanone	up to 4.2 micrograms
N-Nitrosonornicotine	14 micrograms
N-Nitrosopiperidine	unknown
N-Nitrosopyrrolidine	113 nanograms
N-Nitrososarcosine	22 to 460 nanograms
Polonium-210	variable, depending on soil and fertilizer used to grow tobacco^[2]
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons	28 to 100 milligrams
o-Toluidine	32 nanograms
Vinyl chloride	5.6 to 27 nanograms

References

^ "11th Report on Carcinogens by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services". Retrieved 2006-10-27.
^ "Radioactive Polonium-210 found in Tobacco". American Computer Scientists Association Inc. 2002. Retrieved 2007-08-20. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |accessyear= ignored (|access-date= suggested) (help)