| The Tobacco Reference Guide
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| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 19 Tobacco ingredients, additives, and radioactivity |
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| Among the 700 chemical additives to cigarettes are ammonia, ethyl 2-furoate (which |
| causes liver damage in animals and has been studied as a chemical warfare agent), |
| sclareol (which can cause convulsions), and methoprene (a pesticide used on stored |
| tobacco). Two others are megastigmatrienone and dehydromethofurolactone. |
| Newsweek, April 18, 1994, p. 56 and San Francisco Examiner, April 15, 1994, p.A3 and April 9, 1994, p. D1 |
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| Among the more than 2000 additives to cigarettes in Europe are methyl coumarin (rat |
| poison), creosote (known carcinogen), naphthalene (active ingredient in mothballs), |
| formaldehyde (embalming fluid), and arsenic. |
| New South Wales Cancer Council, April 1994 |
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