Smoking cigarettes is really bad for you. There are tons of harmful chemicals in just one little cigarette. In fact there are over 4,000 of them!!!! This is a list of just a few of the chemicals in a cigarette. The list also includes some other things these chemicals are found in. Arsenic: Also found in rat poisons Acetic Acid: also found in hair dye developer Acetone: Also found in nail polish remover Ammonia: Also found …showed first 75 words of 359 total…

…showed last 75 words of 359 total…diseases that you could get are lung cancer, stroke, chronic lung disease, and coronary heart disease. Cigarettes are obviously really bad for you. Then how come so many people still smoke them. There are many reasons. Peer pressure, family members do it, want to look cool, think its mature, and because they are addicted and can't stop smoking. So many people smoke that its the number one preventable cause of death in the United States.