Researchers from the University of Granada and the University of Bologna, with funding assistance from the Chinese government ...

Cigarette filters were widely introduced in the 1950s, ostensibly to make smoking less harmful. With growing public concern about lung cancer and other smoking-related diseases, the tobacco industry ...

Bratislava is pioneering a new way to recycle cigarette butts. The Slovakian capital’s municipal waste management company announced a new push to collect and reuse discarded cigarettes in 2024. During ...

Cigarette filters were widely introduced in the 1950s, ostensibly to make smoking less harmful. Over 70 years later, we know that filters don’t reduce harm. In fact, they may exacerbate some risks. By ...

Plastic straws and bags have received widespread attention as pollutants. But another, even bigger, plastic problem has been slipping under the radar -- cigarette filters. Cigarette butts containing ...

Cigarette filters were widely introduced in the 1950s, ostensibly to make smoking less harmful. With growing public concern about lung cancer and other smoking-related diseases, the tobacco industry ...

Cigarette filters are the world’s most common form of litter. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg can now show that the filters leak thousands of toxins and plastic fibres that are toxic to ...

Harmful to health and environment, filters increase cancer risk and cause plastic pollution. Time for a global ban.

Cigarette butts are toxic, they're useless and they're everywhere." What to know about the first-of-its-kind ban.

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Cigarette filters were widely introduced in the 1950s, ostensibly to make smoking less harmful. With growing public concern about lung cancer and other smoking-related ...