Some of the chemicals associated with tobacco smoke include
nicotine, ammonia, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, propane,
methane, acetone, hydrogen cyanide, and various cancer-causing
chemicals (carcinogens). Other chemicals that are associated with
chewing or sniffing tobacco include aniline, naphthalene, phenol,
pyrene, tar, and 2-naphthylamine.
Review Date: 12/20/2010
Reviewed By: Harvey Simon, MD, Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School; Physician, Massachusetts General Hospital.
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