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    Acetaldehyde is in tobacco smoke. Acetaldehyde is a hazardous air pollutant.

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    "Smoking and Tobacco Control." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine. 19 Nov. 2001: 179.

    http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/brp/tcrb/monographs/13/m13_complete.pdf

    "13th Report on Carcinogens (RoC): Acetaldehyde." National Toxicology Program, Department of Health and Human Services. 02 Oct. 2014. Web.

    https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/ntp/roc/content/profiles/acetaldehyde.pdf

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    Nicotine increases your heart rate, tenses your muscles, and decreases the oxygen to your brain, despite a reputation for 'relieving stress.'

    Source: TeenVogue.com, Tobacco Companies Target People Struggling With Mental Health, Helaina Hovitz. Jan 27, 2017
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    E-cigarettes are smoke-free and tobacco-free, but not all are nicotine-free even though some claim to be.

    Source: "The Truth About: Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems." Truth Initiative.
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    Ammonia boosts the impact of nicotine.

    Source: "Smoking and Tobacco Control." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute. Risks Associated with Smoking Cigarettes with Low Machine-Measured Yields of Tar and Nicotine. 19 Nov. 2001: 174.
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    Sodium hydroxide is a caustic compound found in hair removal products. It was found in cigarettes in 1994.

    Source: "Medical Management Guidelines for Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH)." Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 21 Oct. 2014. Web.
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    Chronic exposure to heavy metals like lead, arsenic and cadmium can affect the brain. They're all found in cigarette smoke.

    Source: Tchounwou, Paul B, et al."Heavy Metals Toxicity and the Environment." PMC. 26 Aug. 2014.
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    Nicotine is as addictive as heroin, cocaine and alcohol.

    Source: "International Symposium on Nicotine: The Effects of Nicotine on Biological Systems II." Google Books. Ed. Clarke, P.B.S., et al., 1994. Web.
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    E-cigarette aerosol can contain toxic metals

    Source: National Academies of Sciences E, Medicine. Public Health Consequences of E-Cigarettes. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2018.
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    Cigarettes are the most Littered Item On Earth.

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    Chemicals that seep out of cigarette butts can be acutely toxic to fish and micro-organisms.

    Source: Micevska, T., et al. "Variation in, and Causes of, Toxicity of Cigarette Butts to a Cladoceran and Microtox." Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 50(2). Feb. 2006: 205-12. Web.
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    Chemicals that seep out of cigarette butts can be acutely toxic to fish and micro-organisms.

    Source: Micevska, T., et al. "Variation in, and Causes of, Toxicity of Cigarette Butts to a Cladoceran and Microtox." Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 50(2). Feb. 2006: 205-12. Web.
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    One tree is killed for just 15 packs of Cigarettes.

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