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List of cigarette smoke carcinogens 1

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-210variable, 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

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List of cigarette smoke carcinogens 2

References

[1] "11th Report on Carcinogens by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services" (http:/   /  ntp.  niehs. nih. gov/  ntp/  roc/  toc11.  html). .

Retrieved 2006-10-27.

[2] "Radioactive Polonium-210 found in Tobacco" (http:/   /  www. acsa. net/  HealthAlert/  lungcancer.  html). American Computer Scientists

Association Inc.. 2002. . Retrieved 2007-08-20.

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