What chemicals are added to cigarettes and what is their purpose?
In: Chemistry
Industry insider here: if you think the government would allow tobacco companies to make their products even more harmful by adding in extra chemicals, you are completely out of your mind. There is absolutely nothing added to tobacco, even menthol cigarettes get their flavour via scent absorption, whereby the tobacco basically absorbs menthol smell (try putting a pack of cigarettes next to a tire or incense for a day or two to prove to yourself how this works).
As has already been pointed out, the chemicals are released during combustion. They are inherent to tobacco, not added. None of this changes the fact that smoking is very bad for you and you should quit.
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