Thanks for this list:
• formaldehyde
• ammonia
• urethane
• naphthalene
• carbon monoxide
• hydrogen cyanide
• arsenic
• nicotine
• benzene
• vinyl chloride
• ethylene oxide
• other volatile aldehydes
• cadmium
• radioactive polonium 210
Now I have more descriptors for my cigar reviews!!!
Example: I tasted hints of benzene with a strong radioactive polonium 210 finish!!! :r
Well, it might be true, but does it matter? There are trace amounts of all sorts of scary sounding chemicals in our food, our air, and our water, but most of these pose little or no danger. Here's a good commentary from an anti-tobacco researcher who's fed up with the pseudo-science that some of his colleagues have been spewing:
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2006/12/anti-smoking-advocate-claims-that.html
Some of the alleged scientists have even claimed that there's Plutonium 210 in secondhand smoke:
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2008/04/st-louis-university-prevention-center.html
Here's a good take on it all:
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/2006/08/my-idea-for-new-truth-campaign.html
Give her something like this to read