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Oxygen, THC, carcinogens, or nicotine
Answer:
the majority of cancer is caused by an overload of toxins in the body causing your healthy cells to go crazy. cigarettes obviously have a lot of toxins in them and therefor have many cancer causing agents. your question is the first time i heard oxygen listed as an ingredient of cigarettes, lol, the term carcinogens literally means cancer causing agent. i think you were looking for a more detailed answer than carcinogens so essentially anything considered toxic to the body that’s inside the particular cigarette would be a cancer causing agent.
Answer:
The term carcinogen refers to any substance, radionuclide or radiation that is an agent directly involved in the promotion of cancer or in the increase of its propagation.
Basically everything can, since there is so much stuff in a cigarette, the nicotine might not though, but that's just the reason people smoke, the small rush… besides maybe trying to look cool.
So carcinogens.
Answer:
Cigarette smoke contains about 4,000 chemical agents, including over 60 carcinogens (8). In addition, many of these substances, such as carbon monoxide, tar, arsenic, and lead, are poisonous and toxic to the human body. Nicotine is a drug that is naturally present in the tobacco plant and is primarily responsible for a person’s addiction to tobacco products, including cigarettes. During smoking, nicotine is absorbed swiftly into the bloodstream and travels to the brain in a matter of seconds. Nicotine causes addiction to cigarettes and other tobacco products that’s similar to the addiction produced by using heroin and cocaine (9).
Answer:
carbon monoxide, tar, arsenic, lead, nicotine. nicotine is the one that leads to addiction. i read somewhere before that arsenic causes cancer and it causes damage to your heart.
Answer:
None. There are several mutagens in cancer. These cause mutations in cells which is the cause of cancer.
Answer:
what’s not* a cancer causing agent in cigarettes
Answer:
I think it's nicotine?
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