Thursday, April 2, 2009

"Candy Sticks"

Tobacco Candy Store:

* Acetone: An ingredient in nail polish remover.
* Ammonia: Household cleaner.
* Angelica root extract: Known to cause cancer in animals.
* Arsenic: Used in rat poisons.
* Benzene: Used in making dyes, synthetic rubber.
* Butane: Gas; used in lighter fluid.
* Carbon monoxide: Poisonous gas.
* Cadmium: Used in batteries.
* DDT: A banned insecticide.
* Ethyl Furoate: Causes liver damage in animals.
* Lead: Poisonous in high doses.
* Formaldehiyde: Used to preserve dead specimens.
* Methoprene: Insecticide.
* Megastigmatrienone: Chemical naturally found in grapefruit juice.
* Maltitol: Sweetener for diabetics.
* Napthalene: Ingredient in mothballs.
* Methyl isocyanate: An accidental release in 1984 killed 2000 people in Bhopal, India.
* Polonium: Cancer-causing radioactive element.
* Shellac: When mixed with denatured alcohol, the resin becomes wood varnish.


For a greater sample of tobacco candy visit BBC's What's in a Cigarette?

2 comments:

  1. You have GOT to be kidding me.

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  2. You know we were talking the other day about how when we were kids we used to feel so cool "smoking" the powdered bubble gum cigarettes. What a deceitful and unethical game they play.

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