Why do tobacco companies put chemicals in cigarettes

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Updated November University of California, San Francisco. Legacy Tobacco Documents. Genetic Engineering High Nicotine Plots. You probably know that cigarettes can kill you—in fact, smoking kills half of those who don't quit 1 —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. It is a fact that cigarettes contain dangerous chemicals. Are most of the harmful chemicals added during the manufacturing process?

Fact : Some of the toxic chemicals in tobacco are present in the plant itself. The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids report is based on an extensive review of scientific studies and tobacco industry documents made public as a result of litigation against the industry. District Judge Gladys Kessler in her racketeering verdict against the major cigarette manufacturers.