Errolscool said:

Can someone point me in the right direction to find a list or ranking of major United States cigarette brands and the additives (or amount of additive) and their tar content(or whatever else is used to measure the damaging effect/addictiveness of cigarettes).

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Prisoner#1 said:

Errolscool said:

Can someone point me in the right direction to find a list or ranking of major United States cigarette brands and the additives (or amount of additive) and their tar content(or whatever else is used to measure the damaging effect/addictiveness of cigarettes).

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there's no such animal as what you're looking for, there's a few lists of
additives floating around and many of the so called additives are actually
chemicals produced by combustion of the actual additives there could be any
number of things added to them whether one thing like menthol or hundreds

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Errolscool said:

Prisoner#1 said:

Errolscool said:

Can someone point me in the right direction to find a list or ranking of major United States cigarette brands and the additives (or amount of additive) and their tar content(or whatever else is used to measure the damaging effect/addictiveness of cigarettes).

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there's no such animal as what you're looking for, there's a few lists of
additives floating around and many of the so called additives are actually
chemicals produced by combustion of the actual additives there could be any
number of things added to them whether one thing like menthol or hundreds

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Are those additives standard? Like are the additives in Camels pretty much the same as those in Marlboros?

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Note the disclaimer.

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What happens when I smoke a cigarette?

Research indicates that lead-210 and polonium-210 are present in tobacco smoke as it passes into the lung. The concentration of lead-210 and polonium-210 in tobacco leaf is relatively low, however, this low concentration can accumulate into very high concentrations in the lungs of smokers.

As it passes into the lungs, the smoke impacts the branches of the lung passages, called bronchioles, where the branches split. Tar from tobacco smoke builds up there, and traps lead-210 and polonium-210 against the sensitive tissues of the bronchioles. Studies show filters on ordinary commercial cigarette remove only a modest amount of radioactivity from the smoke inhaled into the lungs of smokers. Most of what is deposited is lead-210, but polonium-210 (whose half life is about 138 days) quickly grows in as the lead-210 (half life = 22.3 years) decays and becomes the dominant radionuclide. Over time, the concentration of polonium-210 directly on tissues of the bronchioles grows very high, and intense localized radiation doses can occur at the bronchioles.
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unknown1123 said:

You're fucked either way. Quit.

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nooneman said:

I wonder why tobacco would have lead and polonium in it while other edible plants like tomatos don't. I mean, if it's grown in good soil, why would it accumulate lead and polonium when other plants don't?

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The Vapor said:

Just get an e-cig if you don't want to quit but still like to smoke. I'm sure ghost and prop can vouch for how awesome they apparently are.

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