OK, I’m probably going to offend some people whose parents smoke but here goes. I really hate smoking. Lung cancer killed my grandmother. Ever since she died, my grandfather has become reclusive and hostile toward his children, my dad and aunt, and has now moved to Florida. Those cigarette companies don’t care about the lives they are destroying or the families they are tearing apart. Do you know what they put into those cigarettes? Here is a list, courtesy of this website.
Ammonia: Household cleaner
Angelica root extract: Known to cause cancer in animals
Arsenic: Used in rat poisons
Benzene: Used in making dyes, synthetic rubber
Butane: Gas; used in lighter fluid
Carbon monoxide: Poisonous gas
Cadmium: Used in batteries
Cyanide: Deadly poison
DDT: A banned insecticide
Ethyl Furoate: Causes liver damage in animals
Lead: Poisonous in high doses
Formaldehiyde: Used to preserve dead specimens
Methoprene: Insecticide
Megastigmatrienone: Chemical naturally found in grapefruit juice
Maltitol: Sweetener for diabetics
Napthalene: Ingredient in mothballs
Methyl isocyanate: Its accidental release killed 2000 people in Bhopal, India in 1984
Polonium: Cancer-causing radioactive element; a form of it was used to kill former Rusian spy Alexander Litvinenko
So, how does smoking a cigarette sound to you now?
