Talk:List of additives in cigarettes

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I was wondering why cigarettes recently have been going out while being smoked. was something taken out of them, as an additive that kept them from going out? or was something added to them such as some sort of flame retardant? Please help me with this I have been researching this for a while now.

ddsurfscaDdsurfsca 10:04, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Erm...

"...all these chemical compounds have been approved as additives to food..."

Now, I may be wrong on this, but I'm fairly sure Ammonia is not an approved additive to food, you know with being a carcinogen and all. Please clarify. --George The Man 02:02, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Some of the accelerates were removed as part of the agreements with many European countries that have banned additives to cigarettes. It's cheaper to not buy them at all than to buy them just for the manufacturing process for US use cigarettes because of the quanty discounts. Poor DJCC. Philip Morris is the only one I know of that still uses them in some American cigarettes. Lostinlodos 03:25, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] No merge

There is a huge difference between cigarette additives and (mainstream) smoke consituents. The latter being the result of the combustion of the former. I am removing the merge tag. Popo le Chien 08:23, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why so many?

Will someone please explain to me why the cigarette companies have to add up to 599 additives? how many chemicals can be used to enhance flavour? or whatever they are used for. 599 just seems way too much. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.0.117.202 (talk) 23:26, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

As in why do they still?, Because the American Big 6 (including the five listed here), made agreements with American chemical manufactures INCLUDING DUPONT, many years ago that are sill valid. The reason the harmful chemicals have not been ordered to be removed from the otherwise relatively-safe tobacco, officially is because, as stated above, there are all cleared ON THEIR OWN for FOOD consumption, though I recognize other reasons that wouldn't fit in a wikipedia page including this talk board. ;) Lostinlodos (talk) 11:23, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ummmm...

Can someone please translate this article into english? Thanks. Drahcir my talk 02:51, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, layman's terms for many of these chemicals would be helpful, or grouping them into families that can be labled with layman's terms. --160.79.83.254 (talk) 19:19, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Additive Free

Why is there no link to an article listing brands of additive free cigarettes and why does Wikipedia not have such an article? I discovered a Wikipedia article on Natural American Spirit additive free cigarettes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_American_Spirit but no link to it from this article. And Wikipedia may have other such articles that are unknown to me. Isn't it likely that readers will come to this fine article that you have written looking for a list of additive free brands containing only tobacco and would want such an article? Thank you. rumjal 08:40, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

I just discovered an unlinked Wikipedia article on additive free Winston http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston_(cigarette) There should be a link to the above. I am not sure if "additive free" means one hundred percent tobacco or not, but an article should discuss this. rumjal 08:56, 26 April 2008 (UTC)

Standard Winston cigarettes are not additive free. They have rebranded some of the American Spirit line as part of the Winston line only, which are also sold as RJ Free. Lostinlodos (talk) 14:25, 26 April 2008 (UTC)