Nicotine Use

Chemicals Found in Cigarettes and Cigarette Smoke

Here's a reason to quit smoking: More than 7,000 chemicals are present in cigarette smoke. Learn the side effects of these toxic, carcinogenic ingredients.

Tobacco Leaves Curing in Shed
TSNAs Are Toxic Carcinogens in Cigarettes
Medically reviewed by Armeen Poor, MD
Biohazard sign being erased
Radioactive Chemicals and Cigarettes
Medically reviewed by Armeen Poor, MD
Person hand rolling a cigarette.
Is Rolling Your Own Cigarettes a Healthy Way to Smoke?
Medically reviewed by Steven Gans, MD