A study of arsenic in regular-sized unfiltered and filtered cigarettes

Abstract

LTHOUGH arsenic is the only component A in cigarette smoke that is known to be carcinogenic to man, little attention has been directed to its presence, even though there has been a 200 to 600% increase in the arsenic content of most American cigarette tobaccos in the past 25 years. The coincident increase in lung cancer deaths during this period sug gests a causal relationship (Fig.