Chemicals in Cigarettes: From Plant to Product to Puff
Chemical Symbols Overlay on a Field of Tobacco
You probably know that cigarettes can kill you—in fact, smoking kills half of those who don't quit1—but do you really have the full story? Do you know how many harmful chemicals are in cigarettes or how they get into the product?
FDA created these videos and interactive tools to lay the foundation for an important public health goal: we aim to publish a list of the levels of harmful and potentially harmful chemicals in tobacco, in a way that is easy for the public to understand. As an important step toward that goal, we invite you to explore the chemicals in tobacco in three stages of cigarettes, from plant to product to puff, in the videos below.
https://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/Labeling/ProductsIngredientsComponents/ucm535235.htm
