Comments on: Let’s use Anti-smoking pictures on cigarette packaging

By: Do

Do — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:13:36 +0000

common!i agree!let us fight smoking in anyway we can because it’s killing people esp.the youth!

Harmful Chemicals In Cigarettes & Tobacco Smoke
Chemicals in cigarettes and tobacco smoke make smoking harmful.
Tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 different chemicals. At least 43 are known carcinogens (cause cancer in humans).
Cigarettes are one of few products which can be sold legally which can harm and even kill you over time if used as intended.
Currently there are ongoing lawsuits in the USA which aim to hold tobacco companies responsible for the effects of smoking on the health of long term smokers.

Benzene (petrol additive)-A colourless cyclic hydrocarbon obtained from coal and petroleum, used as a solvent in fuel and in chemical manufacture - and contained in cigarette smoke. It is a known carcinogen and is associated with leukaemia.

Formaldehyde -(embalming fluid)A colourless liquid, highly poisonous, used to preserve dead bodies - also found in cigarette smoke. Known to cause cancer, respiratory, skin and gastrointestinal problems.
Ammonia (toilet cleaner)Used as a flavouring, frees nicotine from tobacco turning it into a gas, found in dry cleaning fluids.

Acetone -(nail polish remover)Fragrant volatile liquid ketone, used as a solvent, for example, nail polish remover - found in cigarette smoke.

Tar- Particulate matter drawn into lungs when you inhale on a lighted cigarette. Once inhaled, smoke condenses and about 70 per cent of the tar in the smoke is deposited in the smoker’s lungs.

Nicotine -(insecticide/addictive drug)
One of the most addictive substances known to man, a powerful and fast-acting medical and non-medical poison. This is the chemical which causes addiction.

Carbon Monoxide (CO)- (car exhaust fumes)
An odourless, tasteless and poisonous gas, rapidly fatal in large amounts - it’s the same gas that comes out of car exhausts and is the main gas in cigarette smoke, formed when the cigarette is lit. Others you may recognize are :

Arsenic (rat poison), Hydrogen Cyanide (gas chamber poison)

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By: Quit Smoking

Quit Smoking — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 20:33:59 +0000

Thanks for this informative post. Smoking is more harmful to us females than men.

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By: hk2999

hk2999 — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:17:36 +0000

+1!

My uncle was a smoker, and he let me try it when i was on kindergarten. I’ve had asthma since then!

Go for it jhay!

Also we need more educational videos!

Ex. this vid: http://tobaccoconspiracy.org/

downloadable here: http://thepiratebay.org/tor/38.....Conspiracy

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By: Senate Bill 2147 requires picture-based warnings on hazards of tobacco smoking

Senate Bill 2147 requires picture-based warnings on hazards of tobacco smoking — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:37:37 +0000

[...] my prayers as well as other anti-smoking advocates’ prayers were answered. A press release on the [...]

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By: Cake

Cake — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:42:32 +0000

Hey.

I’m a journalism student at UP Diliman. I’m making a a story about the probable implementation of graphic-based warnings in cigarettes in the Philippines.

I was wondering if I could interview you about the dangerous effects of tobacco smoke.

If ever you’re interested, kindly email me at kaykieee_e@yahoo.com.

An email correspondence would be sufficient.

Your help story would really be helpful in my article.

Thank you.

-Cake

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