Cigarettes
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Smoking has been something essential in part of our life, well some of us.. =x
Actually i searched on the net and found some facts on smoking...
Firstly, its about the different type of cigarettes. Most smokers should know that in most of the brands, they are being categorized into different "flavours" like
Red, Methol, Methol light.. these are just some of the more common ones.
Smokers would normally have a wrong perspective that smoking a "super methol light" would be safer or healthier than smoking a "methol" but theoretically speaking,
BOTH contains the
SAME amount of
TAR and
NICOTINE.
The reason why we all think smoking light is better than just the regular is because of the filter vent as a "light" cigarette has small vent holes that allows more air to dilute the smoke which resulted in a lighter taste of it, but that does
NOT mean it is
LESS harmful! And from what i know, there are smokers that likes to block the filter vent while smoking, that gives them a better "kick" but i have anyone around doing tat.. anyway, if you have a habit of blocking it, and on the "lighter" cigarette pls be aware that you are actually taking in
DOUBLE or even more
TAR than a regular cigarette.
Secondly, is there a less harmful brand for cigarettes? I would say not say there is a direct answer for it.. since just by taking in tar, nicotine is harmful, and why would you care whether its less harmful when you are already smoking? It contradicts anyway.. but ya.. i found something about having cigarettes tat does not possess any addictives.. so maybe its an answer? since in a way if you are not addicted, you wouldnt smoke so much and hence less harmful for you.
Lastly, nicotine might not be the most harmful ingredient in tobacco. As we know, or we should know that
pesticides and
herbicides are present in the cigarette since they are used in the growing of tobacco plants. And it is said that tobacco contains
perfumes.. (imagine spraying perfume in ur mouth) And here's a list of other things that are inside a cigarette.
Arsenic used in rat poison
Acetic acid hair dye and
photo developerAcetone main ingredient in paint and Fingernails polish remover
Ammonia a typical
household cleanerBenzene rubber cementCadmium found in batteries and artists' oil paint
Carbon monoxide poison
Formaldehyde used to
embalm dead bodies
Hydrazine used in
jet and rocket fuels
Hydrogen cyanide poison in gas chambers
Naphthalenes used in explosives, moth balls, and paint pigments
Nickel used in the process of
electroplatingPhenol used in disinfectants
and plastics
Polonium radiation dosage, equal to 300 chest X-rays in one year
Toluene embalmer's glue
Tar
imagine all that you're taking in! GOSH! and tat's conclude my study on cigarettes but dont get me wrong i am not asking the viewers not to smoke or quit. but just be aware of what you are taking in tat's all.. =) since this wouldnt change my smoking habit a single bit at all =x
I went off at
Y10:40 PM
