As noted by the team of researchers, just 25% of the population in Great Britain is aware of the ineffectiveness of cigarette ...

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 ...

A new study from the University at Buffalo examines this issue, with findings showing that one cigarette filter can release ...

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 ...

Do cigarette filters provide any benefits to the smoker, or were they simply created by the tobacco companies to make customers think they were addressing the health risks of smoking? Filters seem to ...

Cigarette filters are the world’s most common form of litter. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg can now show that the filters leak thousands of toxins and plastic fibres that are toxic to ...

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 ...

DOWN TO BUSINESS - Take a guess on the most-littered single-use plastic item in the world. It’s not the water bottle or the take-out bag but the cigarette butt, which has tiny plastic fibers in the ...

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 ...