Some of the chimicals in secondhand smoke that you should not breath Take the pledge for a smokefree home and car Example Common use Acetone Nail polish remover Acetic Acid Vinegar Aluminum Metal Ammonia Floor and toilet cleaner Arsenic Rat poison Benzene Industrial solvent Benzo(a)pyrene Diesel exhaust fume Butane Cigarette lighter fluid Cadmium Rechargeable batteries Copper Electric wiring Carbon Monoxide Car exhaust fume DDT Insecticide Dieldrin Insecticide Formaldehyde reservative for dead bodies Hexamine Barbecue lighter Hydrogen Cyanide Gas chamber poison Lead poisonous metal Magnesium Flare and fireworks additive Methane Swamp gas - cow gas - people gas Methanol Rocket and car fuel Naphthalene Moth balls Nicotine Insecticide and addictive drug in tobacco Nitrobenzene Petrol additive Nitrous Oxide Phenols Disinfectant Polonium 210 Radioactive compound Silicon Computer chips Silver Jewellery Stearic Acid Candle wax Titanium Aeroplanes and missiles Titanium Oxcide White shoe polish Toluene Industrial solvent Vinyl Chloride Raw material to make plastic Zinc Metal Source: 2002 Regents of the University of California