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Ammonia (in Cigs). Ammonia is one of the many chemicals present in cigarettes. Ammonia is a chemical compound formed from the elements nitrogen and hydrogen. It has chemical formula: NH 3. At room temperature and pressure ammonia is a gas. It is toxic (poisonous), and corrosive to some materials, and has a strong and distinctive smell.
Cigarette smoke contains over 4,000 chemicals and poisons. More than 70 of them have been shown to cause cancer in human studies or lab tests. Some of the poisons and chemicals in cigarette smoke are: 1  carbon monoxide (found in your carâs exhaust)  ammonia (found in window cleaners)