JUST ONE CIGARETTE...YES....JUST ONE CIGARETTE CONTAINS:
over 4,000 toxic substances, many of which are known to cause cancer in humans. Here are just a few...
ARSENIC: used in rat poison
ACEIIC ACID: hair dye and developer
ACETONE: main ingredient in paint fingernail polish remover
AMMONIA: a typical household cleaner
BENZENE: rubber cement
CADMIUM: found in batteries and artists' oil paint
CARBON MONOXIDE: poison
FORMALDEHYDE: used to embalm dead bodies
HYDRAZINE: used in jet and rocket fuels
HYDROGEN CYANIDE: poison in gas chambers
NAPHALENES: Used in explosives, mothballs, and paint pigments
NICKEL: used in the process of electroplating
PHENOL: used in disinfectants and plastics
STYRENE: found in insulation material
TULUENE: embalmers glue
VINYL CHLORIDE: ingredient found in garbage bags
multiply that 4000 times how many you smoked a day.
for me that would have been 80,000 chemicals for my body to deal with
DAILY.
Mercy
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]1/21/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 281
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,620
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1,256.07
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 36 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 10 [B]Seconds:[/B] 25