If you lit entire pack of cigarettes at the same time would it..?!


Question: If you lit entire pack of cigarettes at the same time would it..?
have enough carbon monoxide being released to be entering the area of that room lethal.. random question but i just thought of that

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one cigarette produces 60 mg of carbon monoxide # Victims of carbon dioxide poisoning die of hypercapnia, a condition in which there is too high a buildup of carbon dioxide in the blood. Carbon dioxide is a waste product of the metabolic process of cells. It is exhaled by the lungs. Normally, the blood contains 40 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) of carbon dioxide. Once the blood contains more than 45 mm Hg of 40 carbon dioxide, hypercapnia will start to occur.



Hypercapnia can be caused by lung diseases such as emphysema, by reduced consciousness leading to hypoventilation, or by exposure to an environment in which the atmosphere has high levels of carbon dioxide present, such as in mine shafts.
Symptoms of Hypercapnia
# Early symptoms of hypercapnia, or carbon dioxide poisoning, include rapid breathing, a shortness of breath, confusion, flushed skin and muscle twitches.



If severe hypercapnia is reached (levels of carbon dioxide in the blood at 75 mm Hg or higher), a person will exhibit disorientation, convulsions, panic and unconsciousness, leading to death. Death will occur because of a lack of oxygen in the blood, leading to complete organ failure as the oxygen has been overtaken by the carbon dioxide. In some cases, victims who have been exposed to very high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have been known to almost immediately die of asphyxiation, as the carbon dioxide serves to displace, or push out, the oxygen in the air.

Read more: How Does Carbon Dioxide Poisoning Kill a Human? | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how-does_4695252_car…



It would take over 9000 cigarettes to do that, no pun intended, but possibly less, I'm not sure. But no, one pack can't kill anyone. In mexico city, taking one breath of air is like smoking 2 packs of smokes.




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