bill to ban flavored tobacco products introduced in WA Washington bill targets flavored tobacco

Cancer-causing agents in tobacco Cancer causing agent in tobacco and cancer causing substance in tobacco include multiple deadly chemicals: In tobacco smoke: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)Formed during combustion, directly damage DNA N-NitrosaminesPowerful carcinogens that cause mutations BenzeneLinked to blood cancers like leukaemia FormaldehydeDamages respiratory tissue and DNA Arsenic and chromiumHeavy metals that interfere with DNA repair In smokeless tobacco (gutka, khaini, zarda): Tobacco-specific nitrosamines (TSNAs)Most potent carcinogens in chewing tobacco Polonium-210Radioactive substance that damages cells Areca nut alkaloidsIn products like gutka, independently increase cancer risk Tobacco smoke and its cancer risk Smoking causes cancer through multiple pathways

26618 (June 8, 2018)

Finch C K, Andrus M R and Curry W A (2004)

"Smokers and Sleepers: Photographs by Jerome Mallmann." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 2004