Tar and Tobacco Cigarettes

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The smoke from tobacco cigarettes contains thousands of chemicals and elements. Most of these are delivered in very small amounts. In fact, it may take years of experiments and research to discover which all constituents are harmful to humans. So, what is the nature of tobacco that has caused so much controversy and has become a matter of great concern to governments, religious bodies and the branch of science itself? The plant is a very popular member of the vegetable family called Solanaceae. It was named after the French ambassador to Portugal, Jean Nicety. He encouraged the cultivation of tobacco since he believed that the plant had some sort of medicinal value. One of the well-known chemical constituents of tobacco is the dangerous and addiction inducing substance, nicotine.

Tobacco products like tobacco snuff and chewing tobacco do not produce tar. But, smokers who have been using ventilated-cigarette holders in order to quit smoking had noticed the accumulation of a thick and black substance in the filter and this reminded them of road tar. Tar is not found in unburned tobacco. Official statistics do not state the amounts of tar produced when cigarettes are lit. What some tobacco companies in Latin American countries print on the cigarette packets they sell do not reflect the exact amount of tar contained in the smoke. In a way, these estimates do reflect the amount that gets collected in standard cigarette-smoking machines. These statistical figures and levels could be useful for certain comparisons; but in fact, they mislead people into believing that the intake of the substance called tar is, for the most part, determined by the brand of cigarettes they smoke. Actually, one of the studies showed that some low-tar cigarettes with official yields of very small amounts delivered 15 -20 milligrams when they were smoked in the way a smoker would have actually smoked.

Tar generated in the process of cigarette smoking is one of the most important health hazards faced by people. This tar led to a variety of types of cancer when experimented on laboratory animals. Apart from this, the minute tar particles filled the tiny air holes in these animals' lungs and contributed to some highly dangerous respiratory problems such as emphysema. With these facts hitting the limelight, many of the cigarette manufacturers around the world have reduced the tar yields in their branded cigarettes stating that they sell the so-called "safer" cigarettes. It is unfortunate that tar is of vital importance in enhancing the taste of cigarettes and also the satisfaction and relief one derives by smoking a cigarette.

That is the reason behind people inhaling the smoke very deeply while smoking low-tar cigarettes. This way, they achieve the maximum enjoyment and the whole purpose of this type of cigarette gets defeated. It is sad as well as ironic that cigarettes engineered and produced to deliver low-tar yields deliver bigger yields when used by people. As life gets on and more and more cigarettes get lit, one can say that it is mostly out of habit and to feel good that people resort to smoking.

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