Dangerous Chemicals in Cigarette Smoke Cigarette smoke contains many harmful chemicals, including lead, nicotine, cotinine, cadmium, mercury, cyanide, carbon monoxide and PAHs
The Decision to Quit No smoker needs to be told that smoking is unhealthy, expensive, and now, more so than ever, socially unacceptable they know these facts
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Many people will already know that smoking increases the risk of developing illnesses like cancer, high blood pressure or heart disease but research commissioned by ASH (Action on Smoking and Health) also shows that the chemicals in cigarette smoke which causes damage to our hearts and lungs, is also causing damage to our brains
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