Sigara dumanının içeriğinde 4000 den fazla kimyasal madde bulunur. Bunların hemen hepsi insan sağlığına zarar veren zehirli kimyasallardır.Bu gerçeği öğrendikten sonra sigaradan ve içilen ortamlardan uzak durma konusunda daha hassas olmalıyız. Aşağıda sigara dumanında bulunan binlerce kimyasaldan bazıları yer alıyor:
• Acrolein 60-100 µg
• Acetone 100-250 µg
• Ammonia 50-130 µg
• Anatabine 2-20 µg
• Acetic acid 330-810 µg
• Aniline 360 ng
• Benezene 12-48 µg
• Benzoic acid 14-28 µg
• 4-aminobiphenyl 4.6 ng
• 1,3-butadiene 69.2 µg
• butyrolactone 10-22 µg
• Benz[a]anthracen 20-70 ng
• Benzo[a]pyrene 20-40 ng
• Cadmium 110 ng
• Cholesterol 22 µg
• Carbon monoxide 10-23 mg
• Carbon dioxide 20-40 mg
• Carbonyl sulfide 12-42 µg
• Catechol 100-360 µg
• Dimethylamine 7.8 -10 µg
• Formaldehyde 70-100 µg
• Formic acid 210-490 µg
• Glycolic acid 37-126 µg
• Harman 1.7-3.1 µg
• Hydrogen cyanide 400-500µg
• Hydrazine 32 ng
• Methylamine 11.5 - 28.7 µg
• Hydroquinone 110-300 µg
• Lactic acid 63-174 µg
• Methyl chloride 150-600 µg
• Methylpyridine 12-36 µg
• N-nitrosonornicotine 200-3000 ng
• N,nitrosodiethanolamine 20-70 ng
• NNK 100-1000 ng
• N-nitrosodiethylamine 25 ng
• N-nitrosopyrrolidine 6-30 ng
• 2-naphthylamine 1.7 ng
• Nitrogen oxides 100-600 µg
• N-nitrosodimethylamine 10-40 ng
• Nickel 20-80 ng
• Nicotine 1.0-2.5 mg
• Particulate matter 15-40 mg
• Phenol 60-140 µg ,
• Polonium-210 0.04-0.1 pCi ,
• Pyridine 16-40µg
• Quinoline 0.5-2 µg
• Succinic acid 110-140 µg
• Toluene 100-200 µg
• 2-toluidine 160 ng
• 3-vinylpyridine 11-30
• Zinc 60 ng