About Smoking!!

[firebyyrd]

I have a question for everyone here.

Why exactly do they add additives to cigarettes? Quite honestly, I can only understand one chemical that would be added is nicotine because it is addictive, but that's not even added.. it's naturally produced from tobacco.

anyhow, can anyone answer my question? Why do they add so many additives to the cigarettes?

there are over 500+ additives listed here that are in cigarettes smoked by hundreds of millions people in the world. why don't they take them additives out, and possibly prolong the inevitable?

 

[Alone]

Increase the addiction as well as add preservatives and fillers?

 

[veggz]

Less tobacco = lower cost of production

 

[ch33zw1z]

roll your own.

 

[MobileLoser]

Findings. Most additives are not necessary and few were used before 1970. The purpose of this report is to raise concerns about the impact of additives on smoking behaviour. The findings suggest that there is a case to answer and that there is need for increased regulatory scrutiny. There is cause for concern in the following areas.

* Additives are used to make cigarettes that provide high levels of 'free' nicotine which increases the addictive 'kick' of the nicotine. Ammonium compounds can fulfil this role by raising the alkalinity of smoke
* Additives are used to enhance the taste of tobacco smoke, to make the product more desirable to consumers. Although seemingly innocuous the addition of flavourings making the cigarette 'attractive' and 'palatable' is in itself cause for concern.
* Sweeteners and chocolate may help to make cigarettes more palatable to children and first time users; eugenol and menthol numb the throat so the smoker cannot feel the smoke's aggravating effects.
* Additives such as cocoa may be used to dilate the airways allowing the smoke an easier and deeper passage into the lungs exposing the body to more nicotine and higher levels of tar.
* Some additives are toxic or addictive in their own right or in combination. When additives are burned, new products of combustion are formed and these may be toxic or pharmacologically active.
* Additives are used to mask the smell and visibility of side-stream smoke, making it harder for people to protect themselves and undermining claims that smoking is anti-social without at the same time reducing the health risks of passive smoking.

Source: http://www.ash.org.uk/html/regulation/html/additives.html

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Watch 'The Insider'. Cigarettes are nicotine-delivery devices engineered to be highly addictive so that Big Tobacco can own your lungs for life.

(That is what I recollect...I watched that movie a loooong time ago)

 

[Amused]

Good lord. It's amazing how ingeniously diabolical the tobacco companies are! :roll:

I'll bet most of the additives are for flavor, preserving freshness and burning consistency. And yes, I'll bet some even enhance the nicotine kick.

But don't let that stop the conspiracy theorists.