Nobody can now overlook the law requiring them to put on cigarette packets warning about the dangers of tobacco in bold letters.

But what makes a cigarette so dangerous to health?

When smoking, the smoker takes course of nicotine poison which is sufficient to make smoking dangerous (injected straight into a vein, the dose of nicotine in a cigarette is adequate enough to kill a man), but also over 3000 products including at least 50 are carcinogens, including:

• Ammonia (used inter alia in the manufacture of explosives and disinfectants, it facilitates the absorption of nicotine and increases dependence).
• Arsenic (poison very violent).
• Formaldehyde (chemical irritants).
• Formic acid (very irritating, used in the manufacture of leather).
• Hydrogen cyanide (poison used to execute those sentenced to death).
• Hydrogen sulphite (poisonous gas).
• Methanol (toxic alcohol, among others used in antifreeze).
• Methyl chloride (toxic gas used in the manufacture of paint solvents).
• Nitrous oxide (gas irritant).
• Of acetaldehyde (highly toxic flammable liquid).
• Of acrolein (liquid, toxic, irritant).
• Of pyridine (including flammable liquid used in insecticides).
• Of the acetonitrile (toxic compound used inter alia in the manufacture of insecticides).
• Phenol acid (extremely toxic).
• Tar.
• The propionadehyde (liquid used as a disinfectant).

The high toxicity of cigarettes is therefore mainly due to tobacco itself (nicotine) and many products added (to reduce the smooth taste, bitterness, etc) and combustion (that is to say alteration of molecules by heat).

Action of tobacco on our body

Skin dull & lifeless hair, yellowed teeth and bad breath, fingernails yellow, etc. The most visible consequences of smoking are not the nastiest.

The cardio-vascular diseases (stroke, myocardial infarction, etc), many cancers (mouth, lip, pharynx, larynx, lung …), recurrent infections … sooner or later affect the daily consumer of tobacco. Why?

Here are the consequences of tobacco consumption in our body:

Nicotine acts on the heart, blood pressure and arteries:

• Increase the “bad” cholesterol, total cholesterol and triglycerides
• Increased aggregation of platelets cause blood clots
• Increased blood pressure for passenger use tobacco
• Lowers blood pressure for a regular smoker
• Rapid heartbeat

The tar is deposited in the lungs and cause:

• Inflammation, infections, cancer

Irritant gases pass through the digestive system and result:

• Inflammation, infections, cancer

Carbon monoxide (from the burning cigarette) causes:

• Asphyxiation of the body by preventing oxygen from binding to cells, which reduces physical performance and accelerates aging. In 80% cases, male impotence is due to the deterioration of blood vessels in the penis.
• Narrowing and thickening of arteries that can cause a heart attack, stroke, gangrene in the legs

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