Smoke constituents

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services[1], the following carcinogens are 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-210
variable, depending on soil and fertilizer used to grow tobacco[2][3]
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon
28 to 100 milligrams
o-Toluidine
32 nanograms
Vinyl chloride
5.6 to 27 nanograms

## See also

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* List of additives in cigarettes
* Health effects of tobacco smoking

## References

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1. ↑ "11th Report on Carcinogens by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services". Retrieved 2006-10-27.
2. ↑ "Radioactive Polonium-210 found in Tobacco". American Computer Scientists Association Inc. 2002. Retrieved 2007-08-20. Unknown parameter `|accessyear=` ignored (`|access-date=` suggested) (help)
3. ↑ "Polonium's smoky history". 2006. Retrieved 2007-08-20. Unknown parameter `|accessyear=` ignored (`|access-date=` suggested) (help)

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