The adverse impacts of cigarettes on human health are plenty, but a 2023 study found that cigarettes also release harmful toxins into the environment. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg ...

In the early 1950s, cigarette companies in the US were starting to have a problem. For the first time, large-scale scientific ...

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 ...

A photograph of a cigarette containing blue asbestos in its filter is commonly shared on various social media channels, including Reddit: These photographs typically identify the item pictured as a ...

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 ...

Four seamen drowned when the steamer Orinoco sank in Lake Superior near Montreal Island during a severe storm. Other crew members were saved by the crew of a tug, and several made it to the island on ...

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 ...

California could see fewer cigarette butts and vape pods on the streets under a measure introduced Tuesday. Assembly Bill 1690 would ban single-use cigarette filters, e-cigarettes and vape products in ...

California lawmakers are weighing a bill that would ban sales of cigarette filters and other single-use tobacco and cannabis products — such as single-use vape pods or cigarillo tips. Supporters of ...

The study adds to concerns about discarded cigarette remnants as an under-acknowledged, but widespread, pollutant.