Why the comparison to tobacco is showing up now Ultra-processed foods are not just foods that come in a bag. The term usually points to industrially formulated products designed for convenience, long shelf life, hyper-palatable taste, and wide distribution
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Oxidative Stress Caused by Cigarette Smoking, Alcohol Abuse and Drug Abuse Major components Tar, Nicotine, Carbon Monoxide Inorganic gas Ammonia, Hydrogen Cyanide, Nitrous and Nitric Oxide Metals Lead, Chromium, Mercury, Arsenic, Cadmium, Selenium Tobacco-specific nitrosamines N-nitrosonornicotine, N-nitrosoanabasine, N-nitrosoanatabine, 4-(methylnitroso)-1-(-3-pyridyl)-1-butanone Phenols Phenol, o-cresol, m-cresol, p-cresol, Catechol, Resorcinol, Hydroquinone Carbonyls Formaldehyde, Acetaldehyde, Acetone, Propionaldehyde, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, Acrolein, Butyraldehyde, Crotonaldehyde Aromatic amines 1-Aminonaphthalene, 2-aminonaphthalene, 3-aminobiphenyl, 4-aminobiphenyl Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon Benzopyrene Health warning Labels are pictorial and textual, cover 85 percent of the front and back panels of the tobacco product package parallel to the top edge and are rotated every 12 months
