Poison in asbestos and chemicals such as nicotine in a cigarette

Your body gets more than nicotine when you smoke a cigarette. It receives even more poison like chemicals if you’ve been exposed to asbestos.

There are more than 4,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke. Some of them are also in wood varnish, the insect poison DDT, arsenic, nail polish remover, and rat poison.

The ashes, tar, gases, and other poisons in cigarettes harm your body over time. They damage your heart and lungs. They also make it harder for you to taste and smell things, and fight infections.

Additionally, if you have been exposed to asbestos, smoking is even more dangerous to your health because of the presence of asbestos, a known carcinogen.