Many people believe this thought, that light or ultra-light cigarettes are somehow healthier or that they contain less toxic ingredients, the way light beer contains less alcohol.

This actually isn’t true at all. In 2005, a federal judge ruled that cigarette companies were no longer able to use the terms “light” or “ultra-light” on cigarettes that were basically the same ingredients as regular cigarettes.

For many so-called “light” cigarettes, the amount of addictive nicotine was found to be the same, it was simply a reduction in tar that caused them to be labeled as such. While tar is one of the worst ingredients found in cigarettes, it’s certainly not the only toxic substance. The addictive, poisonous nicotine and other toxins were still present, at much the same levels.

THE TRUTH EXPOSED.

Many cigarette manufacturers balked at having to list their ingredients of their cigarettes, the way most junk food manufacturers were hesitant as well. When it was revealed all the toxic substances they had added to this product, the truth of their cover-up was exposed.

But again, most smokers don’t know – or don’t want to know – the truth about what’s in cigarettes. However, just refusing to acknowledge the fact of how dangerous they are doesn’t make them any less so.