The Rise of the Filter Tip Cigarette . Prior to 1950, less than 1% percent of cigarettes were filtered. But in the early 1950s, links between smoking and cancer were established, sparking the ...

Do cigarette filters cut down on the tar and nicotine that have helped to earn tobacco its unpleasant reputation as a cause of lung cancer, heart disease and assorted other ills? Certainly both ...

Each box comes with 50 filters, and 1 filter works on 5 to 6 cigarettes. Some people use Anti Tar on a single cigarette before disposing of it. At around $0.19 per filter, it’s a small added ...

A sweeping ban on smoking in outdoor public spaces is expected to help stub out the scourge of cigarette butts – France’s ...

A ban on plastic cigarette filters could prevent swimmers from bathing among “grim” butts, a Conservative former minister has said. Dame Caroline Dinenage proposed the ban as an amendment to ...

Micronite filters, which use crocidolite asbestos, were exclusively used in Kent cigarettes from 1952 to 1956. Crocidolite is a blue asbestos matching the viral photographs shared on social media.

Cigarette filters are among the most littered plastic items on earth, with an astonishing 4.5 trillion cigarette butts littered on streets and beaches each year worldwide. It is also expensive to ...

SAN DIEGO — Beach cleanups are common along our coastline, and the most reported pollution problem are cigarette butt filters. They are a costly health hazard for not just us, but the environment.