Cigarette filters were initially introduced by the tobacco industry in the 1960s to make cigarettes "safer". But we now know they provide no safety, no health benefits, and are a major cause of ...

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

BUFFALO, N.Y. – 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 ...

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 ...

A woman smoke a cigarette during a break in her job in Vina del Mar, Chile May 12, 2017. REUTERS/Rodrigo Garrido By Will Boggs MD Cigarette filters, introduced decades ago to reduce the amount of tar ...

Cigarette filters are completely useless and are only there to fool smokers into thinking they’re safer, according to scientists. Experts not only say the butts don’t actually work but they could even ...

A coalition of environmental advocates and community organizations is advocating for new legislation before the San Francisco ...

I guarantee the mess of cigarette butts everywhere would magically disappear if there were a $1 per filter deposit on them. I laughed out loud while reading the brilliant ideas thrown about in “The ...

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 ...

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 ...