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

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

(KRON) — The Santa Cruz City Council is moving to prohibit the sale of filtered cigarettes in the city. A proposed ordinance, which passed its first reading on Tuesday, aims to reduce a large ...

California’s proposed ban on the sale of filtered cigarettes, which was heard by the State Assembly Health Committee on March 29, would be a terrible mistake. I support reasonable efforts to remove ...

SANTA CRUZ — All of the hurdles have been cleared and a date has been set for when Santa Cruz County’s first of its kind filtered cigarette sales ban will take effect. Local retailers will be ...

Plastic straws and bags have received widespread attention as pollutants. But another, even bigger, plastic problem has been slipping under the radar -- cigarette filters. Cigarette butts containing ...

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's Santa Cruz County announced that sales on filtered cigarettes will be banned in 2027, which officials say is the first ban of its kind. In a statement Monday, the ban is taking effect ...

Tobacco Control, Vol. 20, Supplement 1: The Environmental Burden of Cigarette Butts (May 2011), pp. i10-i16 (7 pages) Background When lung cancer fears emerged in the 1950s, cigarette companies ...