The process in making cigarettes is very complicated. Just the blending alone can take a lot of time. However, after the bleanding process is over, the shape of the cigarettes start to take place. “After blending,  tobacco leaves are pressed into cakes and mechanically shredded. Materials such as fruit juices or menthol are added to give additional flavor. The final shredded tobacco is then dispersed over a continuous roll of cigarette paper. A machine rolls the shredded tobacco into the paper and cuts it to the desired length. A device then grabs each cigarette and fastens a filter in one end. Modern cigarette machines can produce 25-30 cigarettes a second.”

“Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals, including 43 known cancer-causing (carcinogenic) compounds and 400 other toxins. These include nicotine, tar, and carbon monoxide, as well as formaldehyde, ammonia, hydrogen cyanide, arsenic, and DDT.Nicotine is highly addictive. Smoke containing nicotine is inhaled into the lungs, and the nicotine reaches your brain in just six seconds.Nicotine in small doses acts as a stimulant to the brain. In large doses, it's a depressant, inhibiting the flow of signals between nerve cells. In even larger doses, it's a lethal poison, affecting the heart, blood vessels, and hormones.”( Quit Smoking)

Now the question is, if these effects happen to people who smoke; what happens to the innoscent standbys who inhale the smoke? Secondhand smoke is like an invisible murderer waiting for the next breath he can snatch away. A person who smokes has an advantage that the standbys do not have. The end of the cigarette has a filter that makes cigarettes not as harmful. However, people who inhale second-hand smoke, do not get the advantage of a filter. The toxins act like undercover assasins sneaj=king into the body to destroy the blood stream and so much more. Just the smoke alone can do so much damage. “Moving down to the chest, smoke passesthrough the breathing tubes. Hydrogen cyanide and other chemicals in the smoke attack the lining of the tubes, inflaming them and causing that chronic smoker's cough. The tubes are weakened, and more likely to get bronchial infections. Mucus secretion in the lungs is impaired,

 also leading to chronic coughing.” ( Quit Smoking)

             Smoke not only effects the lungs, but the heart, digestive system, and organs. Every year over 49400 pepole are killed from second hand smoke. How can society punish a person who is a murderer, yet ignore an act that kills as well. Smoke is killing more people than even a war does. Is this murderer invisible, or do we just choose to ignore it?

Info found at:

http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/hypnosis.htm