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Remove all chemicals from cigarettes that do not naturally occur in tobacco.

Created by A.C. on January 29, 2014

There is no need for these ingredients to be put in cigarettes. If people want to smoke, they will, but no one should have the right to put these chemicals in anything we ingest:

Acetone – found in nail polish remover
Acetic Acid – an ingredient in hair dye
Ammonia – a common household cleaner
Arsenic – used in rat poison
Benzene – found in rubber cement
Butane – used in lighter fluid
Cadmium – active component in battery acid
Carbon Monoxide – released in car exhaust fumes
Formaldehyde – embalming fluid
Hexamine – found in barbecue lighter fluid
Lead – used in batteries
Naphthalene – an ingredient in moth balls
Methanol – a main component in rocket fuel
Tar – material for paving roads
Toluene - used to manufacture paint

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