well little John/Andrew, at 17 you should know that most peope who smoke wish they never started, you should quit now. aside from that...Cigarettes contain over 4,000 ingredients other than tobacco and cigarette smoke contains69 carcinogens. In addition to common additives such as yeast, wine, caffeine, beeswaxand chocolate, cigarettes contain various ingredients with other common uses:Acetic Acid: vinegarAcetone: nail polish removerAmmonia: cleaning agentArsenic: poison, used as an insecticideButane: lighter fluidCadmium: found in batteriesDDT: insecticide outlawed by the US Government in the 1970’s because of humanteratogenic (birth defect) propertiesEthanol: alcoholFormaldehyde: substance used to preserve body tissue; a known carcinogenHexamine: barbecue lighterHydrogen cyanide: gas chamber poisonMethanol: rocket fuelNaphthalene: moth ballsNitrobenzene: gasoline additiveToluene: an industrial solventVinyl chloride: plastic pipingwant more shit? anti" target="_blank">www.ashline.org/ASH/cigsmoke/index.html]anti smoking link, click me bitch! Im not certain if youl find what I posted onthat site, but that site is listed at the end of a Adobe Doc I happen to have a copy of, I assume the two are linked.