dullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhat weird false belief did you have as a kid?message-squaremessage-square205fedilinkarrow-up1168arrow-down14
arrow-up1164arrow-down1message-squareWhat weird false belief did you have as a kid?dullbananas (Joseph Silva)@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square205fedilink
minus-squaresimon574@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month agoI always thought cigarettes contain tar, as in the substance asphalt on the road is made from. It always felt weird to me, why would they put it in the cigarettes but I figured maybe they need it so the tobacco doesn’t fall out or something.
minus-squareportifornia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoWait, they don’t contain tar?
minus-squareandroogee (they/she)@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26arrow-down1·1 month agoIn the same way that they don’t contain ash. The tar and ash are produced by combustion.
I always thought cigarettes contain tar, as in the substance asphalt on the road is made from. It always felt weird to me, why would they put it in the cigarettes but I figured maybe they need it so the tobacco doesn’t fall out or something.
Wait, they don’t contain tar?
In the same way that they don’t contain ash. The tar and ash are produced by combustion.