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If appropriate prevention strategies are not put in place to curb the number of young Americans who pick up smoking, an estimated 5.4 million people under the age of 18 will die prematurely due to a smoking-related illness
To illustrate the widespread access to these illicit products, we purchased a carton containing 10 packets of illicit tobacco through one of these websites, to be delivered to the ABC's Melbourne office
These include: Tar - a mixture of dangerous chemicals Arsenic - used in wood preservatives/ rat poison Benzene - an industrial solvent, refined from crude oil Cadmium - used in batteries Ethanol - used in anti-freeze Formaldehyde - used in mortuaries to embalm dead bodies Polonium-210 - a highly radioactive element Chromium - used to manufacture dye, paints and alloys Acrolein - formerly used as a chemical weapon Hydrogen cyanide - used as an industrial pesticide Carbon Monoxide - contained in exhaust fumes Ammonia - used to make fertilisers and explosives Smoking damages nearly every organ of the body
