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Toxic Air
Over the course of an eight-hour shift, in a 3,300 sq. ft. restaurant where ten smokers each smoke just two cigarettes per hour, a non-smoker would breathe the following toxics: (Courtesy of Physicians for a Smokefree Canada)
| Chemical |
Amount (milligrams) |
| carbon monoxide |
5606 |
| tar |
3128 |
| nicotine |
678 |
| Acetaldehyde |
207 |
| nitric oxide |
190 |
| isoprene |
151 |
| resorcinol |
123 |
| acetone |
121 |
| toluene |
66 |
| formaldehyde |
54 |
| phenol |
44 |
| acrolein |
40 |
| benzene |
36 |
| pyridine |
33 |
| 1,3-butadiene |
25 |
| Hydroquinone |
24 |
| methyl ethyl ketone |
23 |
| catechol |
22 |
| benzo[a]pyrene |
18 |
| propionaldehyde |
17 |
| resols |
15 |
| hydrogen cyanide |
14 |
| styrene |
13 |
| Butyraldehyde |
12 |
| acrylonitrile |
11 |
| crotonaldehyde |
10 |
| cadmium |
9.7 |
| 1-aminonaphthalene |
8.5 |
| chromium |
7.1 |
| lead |
6.0 |
| 2-aminonaphtalene |
5.2 |
| nickel |
4.2 |
| 3-aminobiphenyl |
2.4 |
| 4-aminobiphenyl |
1.4 |
| quinoline |
1.3 |
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