A photograph of a cigarette containing blue asbestos in its filter is commonly shared on various social media channels, including Reddit: These photographs typically identify the item pictured as a ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock The adverse impacts of cigarettes on human health are plenty, but a 2023 study found that cigarettes also ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock While they are marketed as the safer option, cigarette filters have been found to be more trouble than they ...
A recent article quoted National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol (NATA) Chairman Dr. Ananda Rathnayaka, stating that 50 persons die daily from tobacco use. With an annual total of 18,250 then, in a .
In the early 1950s, cigarette companies in the US were starting to have a problem. For the first time, large-scale scientific studies were showing a link between cigarette smoking and lung cancer. The ...
This quick release of cellulose acetate fibers—what most cigarette filters are made of—had not been precisely measured before, the study authors say. This and other findings from the study build upon ...
Jonathan Livingstone-Banks has received funding from the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) and Cancer Research UK (CRUK). Jamie ...
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 happens to the ...