A proposal to ban cigarette filters has raised eyebrows across the EU. While the bloc supports the idea in principle, it has so far refused to implement a measure that could significantly reduce the ...

Cigarette butts have long been considered an environmental hazard, but new research is revealing a more immediate health threat. A recent study found that the microplastics from cigarette filters ...

The physical design features of cigarette products directly impact their appeal by influencing both cognitive and sensory perceptions. Ventilated cigarettes dilute smoke, which promotes perceptions of ...

Anti Tar is a cigarette filter that claims to filter tar and improve airflow for cigarettes. Using the cigarette filter, you can purportedly protect your lungs from tar, reduce coughing, and relieve ...

The French don't mind if you smoke, but, s'il vous plaît, do not throw your cigarette butts on the charmingly cobblestoned streets of Montmartre. The city of Paris is installing thousands of ashtrays ...

The world's most common type of litter, cigarette filters leach thousands of toxic chemicals and microplastics into the environment. Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before ...

The ventilation systems built into cigarette filters in the mid-1960s to reduce tar and make smoking 'smoother' and 'safer' were responsible for the paradoxical rise in rates of lung adenocarcinoma — ...

The most pervasive form of plastic pollution on Earth isn’t plastic bags or even plastic straws. It’s cigarette butts. Every year, an estimated 4.5 trillion cigarette butts, containing plastic filters ...

ALBANY - Get those cigarette butts outta here! A group of Democratic state lawmakers want New York to kick cigarettes with single-use filters to the curb and outlaw their sale in the state, saying ...

This is the "robot smoker" device which is designed to highlight the harmful effects of smoking. It works using a pump, a smoke collecting chamber, and a filter pad. As the cigarette burns, smoke ...

The tobacco addiction epidemic is a major public health problem worldwide. Professor Zhao Baolu and his group from the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, ...