| The Tobacco Reference Guide
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| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 19 Tobacco ingredients, additives, and radioactivity |
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| Each tin of snuff delivers as much nicotine as 30 to 40 cigarettes. There is a lethal |
| dose of nicotine in each can of spit tobacco, as well as lead (nerve poison), |
| embalming fluid (formaldehyde), and radioactive particles. |
| Quitting Spit, National Cancer Institute, 1991, p. 5 |
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| Kretek, or clove cigarettes from Indonesia, are composed of cloves (up to 40%) and |
| dark tobaccos. The local anesthetic in cloves, eugenol, permits the inhalation of the |
| harsh smoke from the sun-cured dark tobaccos. |
| Nicotine Addiction, p. 15 |
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| Ammonia, an "impact booster" additive to cigarettes, changes the acidity of tobacco |
| and produces free nicotine so that nearly twice the usual amount gets into a smoker's |
| bloodstream. |
| New York Times, June 22, 1994, pp. A1 and C20 |
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| Tar is the sticky brown substance condensing out of tobacco smoke, and is |
| composed of many chemicals. |
| Tobacco Control Fact Sheet 3, International Union Against Cancer, 1996 |
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| "Tar" in cigarettes consists primarily of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as |
| benzopyrene, an exceedingly potent carcinogen. |
| Pharmacological Basics of Therapeutics, Goodman and Gilman, 1990 edition, p. |
| 545 |
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