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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