Newsgroups: alt.drugs
From: [s v kizlik] at [cybernet.cse.fau.edu] (Stephen Kizlik)
Subject: Re: Cigarettes (was Re: Drug Legalization Legislation)
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 1993 13:13:03 GMT

This is only hearsay.  It is rumored that the average manufactured
cigarette has around 60-100 chemical additives:  preservatives, 
fragrances, burning agents (to make it burn up faster), possibly even
in some cases deliberately addictive substances (other than the tobacco)
to make you keep buying *that* brand... there is really no way to know.
I suspect, though, that if one were to smoke *tobacco* rather than
*tobacco-and-scores-of-synthetic-chemicals*, one's health would not be
quite so impaired... this is why I started smoking American Spirit
cigs, until I moved.  Can't find them around here, but anyway, they're
completely natural tobacco.  No shit.  They get stale a couple days
after being opened, and will go out if you quit puffing on them.  Also
they taste extremely good.  Definately reccomended.
SK