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Toothpastes come laced with nicotine carry as much nicotine as smoking 9 cigarettes!

Toothpastes come laced with nicotine carry as much nicotine as smoking 9 cigarettes! A study by the Delhi Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research (DIPSAR) has found that many of the toothpaste manufacturers are adulterating toothpastes and tooth-powders with high quantity of nicotine. �Out of the 24 brands of toothpastes studied in 2011, seven brands � Colgate Herbal, Himalaya, Neem paste, Neem Tulsi, RA Thermoseal, Sensoform and Stoline � were found to contain nicotine,� said Professor S. S. Agarwal of DIPSAR, which is affiliated to the Delhi University and is funded by the Delhi government. �Colgate Herbal and Neem Tulsi, also a herbal product, surprisingly had 18 and 10 mg of nicotine, which is equivalent to the quantity found in nine and five cigarettes respectively,� Prof Agarwal added. �Out of the ten brands of tooth-powders examined, six � Dabur Red, Vicco, Musaka Gul, Payokil, Unadent and Alka Dantmanjan � were found to contain nicotine. Payokil was found to have the ...

Top 7 reasons Why do We Smoke Cigarettes

Top 7 reasons Why do We Smoke Cigarettes Today we are discussing about an interesting topic, Which is about Smoking cigrattes. We will discuss that what are the reasons behind this that being knowing of the side effects of Smoking cigrattes, We happily smoke cigrattes. All of us knows that Smoking Ciggrates are the leading cause of  cancer and death from cancer. It causes cancers of the lung, esophagus, larynx, mouth, throat, kidney, bladder, pancreas, stomach, and cervix, as well as acute myeloid leukemia.  Smoking also causes heart disease , stroke, aortic aneurysm (a balloon-like bulge in an artery in the chest),..  chronic obstructive pulmonary disease  (COPD) ( chronic   bronchitis  and  emphysema ),  asthma , hip fractures, and  cataracts . Smokers are at higher risk of developing  pneumonia  and other airway infections. But  This is one of the first facts we discovered when we asked several hundred people, from all walks...