Tobacco manufacturers recently disclosed a new list of additives found in tobacco products to the U.S. Health and Human Services Department. While similar lists have made the rounds for years now, such information never ceases to amaze me.

Of the list of 599 additives, you can find surprisingly pleasant additives intended to enhance flavor and aroma, such as chocolate, cinnamon, clover top, dill seed, fig juice, honey, lemongrass, nutmeg, rose; even rum and wine! But take a look at what else can be found in any given cigarette (special thanks to the Richmond Times Dispatch for providing the list and definitions):

• Acetanisole: Found in a glandular secretion of beavers that smells sweet and can taste like vanilla or cherry.
• Ammonia: Used in cleaning fluid. Makes eyes sting and can cause dermatitis.
• Butyric acid: Found in rancid butter, vomit and Parmesan cheese, it has an acrid taste but sweet aftertaste.
• Capsicum oleoresin: Active ingredient in pepper spray.
• Diacetyl: An artificial butter flavoring that can be hazardous when heated and inhaled over a long period.
• Ethyl acetate: A solvent.
• Farnesol: An alcohol that is also a natural pesticide for mites and is a pheromone for several insects.
• Galbanum: An aromatic gum, with a disagreeable, bitter taste.
• Glycerol: A colorless, sweet liquid that bonds with water.
• Isobutyl acetate: A solvent used in lacquer.
• Lauric acid: A fatty acid that smells slightly of bay oil or soap.
• Magnesium carbonate: A mineral used in flooring, fireproofing, cosmetics and toothpaste that may be a laxative in high doses.
• Methoprene: A hormone used in drinking water cisterns to control mosquitoes that spread malaria.
• Nonanoic acid: Used to make plasticized lacquer and as a herbicide.
• Oleic acid: Emitted by the decaying corpses of some bees and ants to signal living workers to remove bodies from the nest.
• Potassium sorbate: A food preservative.
• Skatole: A compound generated in mammals’ digestive tracts and in beets that has a strong fecal odor.
• Soda ash (sodium carbonate): Used as a water softener and in making glass.
• Tartaric acid: Found in wine and bananas, it gives foods a sour taste and is used as an antioxidant.
• Thiazole: A flammable liquid used to make fungicides.
• Urea: A chemical used in fertilizer that can irritate the eyes, skin and respiratory tract.
• Xanthan gum: A food additive used as a thickener.

To test more of your tobacco knowledge, check out last month's Smoking Quiz at CNN.com.