Unfiltered cigarettes are linked to the highest risk of lung cancer, that is according to a new study from Veterans Affairs. It shows unfiltered cigarette smokers were 40 percent more likely to ...

Portland should give serious consideration to banning the sale of filtered cigarettes. There are, in round numbers, 50,000 adults in Portland. Using national statistics from the Centers for Disease ...

The sale of filtered cigarettes should be banned to reduce global plastic pollution from the trillions of "butts" that are thrown away each year, argue experts in The BMJ today. Filters are ...

SANTA CRUZ — When the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors agreed to ban the sale of filtered cigarettes late last year, it was the most significant policy win for a movement that had roots dating ...

“The smaller particles in filtered cigarettes get past the bronchial tubes into the smaller tubes, called bronchioles,” he said, explaining that this irritates the tissue in the periphery of the lung, ...

LONDON (AP) _ Low-tar cigarettes do not carry a lower risk of lung cancer, according to the first study comparing lung cancer deaths among smokers of ultra-light, mild and medium filtered cigarettes.

We’ve all seen it, the smoker who takes one last drag and flicks the cigarette butt onto the ground. It’s instant litter that California Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson wants to prevent by banning the ...