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Cancer-causing Agents in Tobacco Smoking

Posted Sun, 03/14/2010 - 08:53 by Kcancer

Here is cancer-causing agents (cancinogens) in tobacco smoking:

  1. 2-Nitropropane
  2. 4-(methylnitrosamino)-1-(3-pyridyl)-1-butanone
  3. Aromatic Amines
  4. Aromatic Nitrohydrocarbons
  5. Arsenic
  6. Benz[a]anthracene
  7. Benzo[a]pyrene
  8. Benzo[b]fluoranthene
  9. Benzo[j]fluoranthene
  10. Benzo[c]phenanthrene
  11. Benzo[e]pyrene
  12. Cadmium
  13. Chrysene
  14. Dibenz[a,c]anthracene
  15. Dibenz[a,h]acridine
  16. Dibenz[a,h]anthracene
  17. Dibenzo[a,h]pyrene
  18. Dibenzo[a,i]pyrene
  19. Dibenz[a,j]acridine
  20. Dibenzo[c,g]carbazole
  21. Formaldehyde
  22. Hydrazine
  23. Hydrogen cyanide
  24. Indeno[1,2,3-cd]pyrene
  25. Lead-210 (Pb-210)
  26. Polonium-210 (Po-210)
  27. Methylchrysene
  28. Mehtylfluoranthene
  29. Nickel
  30. Nitrosodimethylamine
  31. Nitrosoethymethylamine
  32. Nitrosodiethylamine
  33. Nitrosodi-n-propylamine
  34. Nitrosodi-n-butylamine
  35. Nitrosopyrrolidine
  36. Nitrosopiperidine
  37. Nitrosomorpholine
  38. N'-Nitrosonornicotine
  39. N'-Nitrosoanabasine
  40. N'-Nitrosoanatabine
  41. Polonium-210
  42. Quinoline
  43. Urethane
  44. Vinyl Chloride

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Feature Cancer-causing Agent: Hydrogen Cyanide

by Kcancer - 03/14/2010 - 08:56

Hydrogen Cyanide is a colorless, poisonous gas and is one of the toxic byproducts present in cigarette smoke.Under the name of Zyklon B, hydrogen cyanide was used as a genocidal agent by Nazi Germany during World War II. While no one would willingly breathe hydrogen cyanide into their lungs, smokers do it multiple times with every cigarette they inhale. And because hydrogen cyanide is present in secondhand smoke, nonsmokers are also at risk of breathing in this poison when they are exposed to cigarette smoke.