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Every day, cows release methane gas into the air. From you know where. But methane is also found somewhere else. Yesiree, in cigarette smoke.

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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. Report. "Methane Background Information, Where Do We Find Methane?" ARM Climate Research Facility. Web. "Air Emissions." Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Web.
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There's hydrogen cyanide in rat poison. The same stuff is in cigarette smoke.

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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. 56, 176, 251.
"Toxicological Profile for Cyanide." Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease. 8.
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In 1989, millions of cases of imported fruit were banned after a small amount of cyanide was found in just two grapes. There's 33 times more cyanide in a single cigarette than was found in both of those grapes.

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"Economic Policy: Interest Rates Are Kept High." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 16 Feb. 1989. Report.
Kazman, Sam."When Chemophobia Ruled the Land." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. June 1993. News Article. "April Risk Assessment: Low Through Out the Country." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 17 Mar. 1989. Note. Mejia, John. "A Year After Grape Scare, Chilean Fruit Sales Thrive." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents. 05 Mar. 1990. Article. Hoffman, Diertrich, Ilse Hoffman, and Karen El-Bayoumy. "The Less Harmful Cigarette:  A Controversial Issue. A Tribute to Ernst L. Wynder." Chemical Research in Toxicology. The American Chemical Society, 28 June 2001. 14 (7): 767–90. Web.
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Sodium hydroxide is a caustic compound found in hair removal products. It was found in cigarettes in 1994.

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"Medical Management Guidelines for Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH)." Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. 21 Oct. 2014. Web. "Nair 3 in 1 Brush on Cream Hair Remover-discontinued." U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Aug. 2015. Web. "599 Additives in Cigarettes - Sodium Hydroxide." 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. "Ingredients Added to Tobacco in the Manufacture of Cigarettes by the Six Major American Cigarette Companies." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 12 Apr. 1994: 44. List.
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Human sweat contains urea and ammonia. Urea is added to cigarettes.

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Covington, and Burling. "Summary Of Data On Urea." Truth Tobacco Industry Documents, 17 Apr. 1986. Excerpt. Pankow, JF, et al. "Conversion of nicotine in tobacco smoke to its volatile and available free-base form through the action of gaseous ammonia." American Chemical Society. 1997. 31(8): 2428-2433. Huang, CT, et al. "Uric acid and urea in human sweat." Chinese Journal of Physiology, 30 Sept. 2002. 45(3): 109-15.
Foster, K.G. "Composition of the Secretion from the Eccrine Sweat Glands of the Cat's Foot Pad." The Journal of Physiology, 1966. 184(1): 106-09. "Cigarette Ingredients. R.J. Reynolds List of Ingredients." R.J. Reynolds. 2013. Web.
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