These chemicals have contributed to many cigarette-caused fires, a problem that some manufacturers have not addressed until recently. The filter cigarette was a specialty item until 1954 ...

Cigarette waste may fuel antibiotic resistance, creating new health and environmental risks. Discover the hidden dangers.

Volunteers with the NGO Ocean Conservancy have picked more than 60 million cigarette filters since the group began organizing beach cleanups in 1986, according to NBC News. This figure dwarfs the ...

"I wanted to create a way to filter out tar and other toxins and carcinogens from smoke before it was inhaled," said an ...

"Cigarette filters contain many of the toxic substances found in cigarette smoke," explains Dr. Uli Klümper from the Institute of Hydrobiology at the TUD. "In our study, we found that when these ...

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 ...

Roughly 4.5 trillion cigarette filters pollute our oceans, rivers, city sidewalks, parks, soil and beaches every year,” said Dr Ruediger Krech, Director of Health Promotion at WHO. Products like ...

Since then, she has shifted her position slightly: she believes that the effects may be even worse, since cigarettes have filters, she told the Times. The air quality in and around New York City ...