These chemicals have contributed to many cigarette-caused fires, a problem that some manufacturers have not addressed until recently. The filter cigarette was a specialty item until 1954 ...

The menthol cigarette still draws controversy today, and it has a fascinating story to tell about how it made it into every convenience store in America. In 1924, Lloyd Hughes worked in his father ...

It works using a pump, a smoke collecting chamber, and a filter pad. As the cigarette burns, smoke passes through the filter. After one cigarette, the difference between a clean filter and a dirty ...

Most cigarette butts contain a filter made of cellulose acetate fibre, a type of a bioplastic. But researchers found filters from un-smoked cigarettes had almost the same effect on plant growth as ...

Crime gangs are starting to flood the black market with flavoured cigarettes and large pack sizes as the federal government ...

Roughly 4.5 trillion cigarette filters pollute our oceans, rivers, city sidewalks, parks, soil and beaches every year,” said Dr Ruediger Krech, Director of Health Promotion at WHO. Products like ...