The world's most common type of litter, cigarette filters leach thousands of toxic chemicals and microplastics into the environment. Melissa Breyer is Treehugger’s former senior editorial director.

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Cigarette filters were widely introduced in the 1950s, ostensibly to make smoking less harmful. Over 70 years later, we know that filters don’t reduce harm. In fact, they may exacerbate some risks. By ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) 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 ...

Here are some hard truths about tobacco from the World Health Organization (WHO): Tobacco use is responsible for over eight million deaths globally every year. Tobacco growing leads to ecosystem ...

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 ...