Surely things can be removed from cigarettes that will make them healthier.
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The process of curing Tobacco produces chemical compounds known as Nitrosamines that cause cancer and they are the biggest part of what makes all tobacco products dangerous.
This happens because tobacco plants contain nicotine and the process of curing means that the alkaloids combine with nitrates and form nitrosamines. The amount of Nitrosamines can be manipulated depending on the method of curing, but there currently is no way to eliminate them.
Burning tobacco to smoke it just makes things worse, but chewing and sniffing tobacco can still cause cancer.
Could we switch to perhaps another plant instead of tobacco? Maybe, but inhaling smoke from any source isn’t great for one’s health, either.
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