The 3 rd Generation AntiTar filters are effective for making smoking safer because they slash 90% of the cigarettes’ tar, and each one can be reused up to six times. Moreover, they’re claimed not to ...

One more reason to kick butts. Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the US, according to the CDC, causing ...

(CNN) — 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 ...

Cigarette filters release two dozen microfibers upon first contact with water, threatening wildlife and human health.

Every smoker has done it; either you're distracted by a conversation you are having, you're driving and trying to keep an eye on the road, you're in a poorly lit bar, or you've simply had a few too ...

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 ...

This quick release of cellulose acetate fibers—what most cigarette filters are made of—had not been precisely measured before, the study authors say. This and other findings from the study build upon ...

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 ...