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 ...

It is well known that discarded cigarette butts release nicotine, heavy metals and other toxins into the environment, including natural water systems. Less understood, however, is what happens to the ...

Collect those discarded cigarette butts. South Korean researchers have found a way to convert the used filters into a material that can be used to store energy. The study was published in the journal ...

Make this your preferred source to get more updates from this publisher on Google. Cigarette filters, introduced decades ago to reduce the amount of tar smokers inhale, also alter other properties of ...

Filters in cigarette butts, the most common form of litter, leach assorted toxic chemicals and microplastic pollution into the environment — and must be “completely banned”. This is the rallying cry ...

Every smoker has done it; either you're distracted by a conversation you are having, you're driving and trying to keep an eye on the road, you're in a poorly lit bar, or you've simply had a few too ...

The brainchild of enterprising duo Ved and Chetana Roy, Karma Tips from Prasadam Industries are 100 percent organic, biodegradable and chemical free, handmade cigarette filter tips that release live ...