Apart from over 50 known human carcinogens (methylcholanthrene, benzo--pyrenes, acrolein) tobacco smoke contains toxins (carbon monoxide, ammonia, acetone, nicotine, hydroquinone), chemically reactive solids, and oxidants (superoxide, hydrogen peroxide, nitrogen oxides) [87,88]
At the large department store where I worked for much of my undergraduate years and into the start of graduate school, the other smokers with whom I worked and I must have driven our supervisors utterly crazy with the frequency and duration of our cigarette breaks
It seems to be only a matter of time before companies like Monsanto enter the fray
Anyone who rolls their own is therefore clearly better off with a high-quality activated carbon filter ideally with fine coconut activated carbon and open-pored cellulose caps