List of cigarette smoke carcinogens

Commercial tobacco smoke is a mixture of more than 5,000 chemicals.[1]

## Contents

* 1 List
* 2 See also
* 3 References

## List[edit | edit source]

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,[2] 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
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[3]
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons | 28 to 100 milligrams
o-Toluidine | 32 nanograms
Vinyl chloride | 5.6 to 27 nanograms

## See also[edit | edit source]

* Composition of electronic cigarette aerosol
* Health effects of tobacco smoking
* List of additives in cigarettes

## References[edit | edit source]

1. ↑ Talhout, Reinskje; Schulz, Thomas; Florek, Ewa; Van Benthem, Jan; Wester, Piet; Opperhuizen, Antoon (2011). "Hazardous Compounds in Tobacco Smoke". International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 8 (12): 613–628. doi:10.3390/ijerph8020613. ISSN 1660-4601. PMC 3084482. PMID 21556207.
2. ↑ "About the Report on Carcinogens". Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2013-04-16.
3. ↑ Godwin, W. S.; Subha, V. R.; Feroz, K. M. (2010). "210Po radiation dose due to cigarette smoking" (PDF). Current Science. 98: 681–686. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.

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