How do cigarettes damage health?
Cigarettes contain more than 4,000 chemical compounds and at least 400 toxic substances.
The products that are most damaging are:
- Tar - a carcinogen (substance that causes cancer)
- Nicotine - is more addictive than Heroin and increases cholesterol levels in your body
- Carbon Monoxide - reduces the oxygen in the body
The damage caused by smoking is influenced by:
- the number of cigarettes smoked
- whether the cigarette has a filter
- how the tobacco has been prepared.
