According to NBC Bay Area, the county approved the ban in October of 2024, on the stipulation that at least two other local ...

Cigarette filters were widely introduced in the 1950s, ostensibly to make smoking less harmful. By softening smoke and making it easier to inhale deeply, filters may actually raise the risk of lung ...

(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 ...

As far back as 1957, seven years after filter cigarettes were introduced, the Philip Morris company was warned that the filters could release harmful substances when smokers inhaled. Apparently, the ...

Cigarette filters are completely useless and are only there to fool smokers into thinking they’re safer, according to scientists. Experts not only say the butts don’t actually work but they could even ...

Let’s start by saying Gizmag doesn’t condone any form of smoking – they’re all bad for you. But we recognize that millions of people do, and it’s not just the extra cost on the community for ...

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 ...

ALBANY — Democratic lawmakers want to ban the sale of single-use cigarette filters, commonly known as “butts,” in the state’s latest effort to rein in the tobacco industry. “Cigarette butts are ...

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