Jpopy@lemmy.world to AsklemmyEnglish · 1 year agoEvery generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?message-squaremessage-square639fedilinkarrow-up1745arrow-down120
arrow-up1725arrow-down1message-squareEvery generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?Jpopy@lemmy.world to AsklemmyEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square639fedilink
minus-squareDubious_FartlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·1 year agoIs Tobacco dangerous? I thought it was mostly the ridiculous amount of chemicals they soaked and resoaked it in when making cigarettes that made it especially bad.
minus-squarediablexical@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYes. It causes cancer. Eg chewing tobacco.
minus-squareSleo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIs it the tobacco that’s harmful or the added chemicals in there that are harmful?
Is Tobacco dangerous? I thought it was mostly the ridiculous amount of chemicals they soaked and resoaked it in when making cigarettes that made it especially bad.
Yes. It causes cancer. Eg chewing tobacco.
Is it the tobacco that’s harmful or the added chemicals in there that are harmful?
Tobacco.