Is there radiation in cigarettes?

Is there Radiation in cigarettes - YES it is true! It is estimated that smoking a pack-and-a-half every day exposes a smoker to a dose of radiation equivalent to 300 chest X-rays a year.

Where does polonium comes from?

Some tobacco plants are grown using fertilizers that contain a mineral called apatite. Apatite contains a radioactive element called radium, which can eventually decay into polonium-210.

But tobacco plants can also absorb radioactive elements directly from the air around them.

Even if polonium could be removed, it would be a shallow victory, for the radioactive element is just one of at least 69 cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco smoke. They are 69 very good reasons to never touch a cigarette again.

Learn more by reading the article on:

https://news.cancerresearchuk.org/2008/08/29/radioactive-polonium-in-cigarette-smoke/?fbclid=IwAR33OpSyV8dEDtdA1BZ9F2zEQ2mrZbF5h_jvm0QvF5aJea2SXOoZig1QMao