Chemicals/Are the chemicals in tea harmful when combusted?
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I know smoking anything is harmful, but I was asking specifically about tea. Is there anything in tea that is harmful aside from the smoke in your lungs?
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A friend asked me if smoking a joint filled with tea would be harmful to the human body -- I know, a silly question. I've searched all over google and I can't find any formal research on the harmfulness of smoking tea. The chemicals found in tea include:
Caffeine, Scopalamine, Brugmansia, Daturas, Theophylline among others.
Answer -
Smoking anything is harmful. Just the carbon monoxide alone makes it bad. By the way, "wacky weed" gives you more tar and carbon monoxide than cigarettes.
There would be cyanide, ammonia, amines, aldehydes. Cigarettes have over 400 ingredients present in the smoke. Tea would be similar as would most cellulose based materials. The exact chemicals would require a study which I doubt has been done. Look up cigarette studies. The major ingredients would be similar.
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Chemistry (non-biochemistry), environmental science, occupational health and safety, environmental regulation and management, environmental engineering, and wastewater engineering. I'm the Director of Environmental, Health, and Safety and the Director of Research at the Institute of Textile Technology.
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