List of cigarette smoke carcinogens
Appearance
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) |
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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 |
See also
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.
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