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 diseases, the tobacco industry ...

Humans discard trillions of cigarette butts every year—a major hazard for the environment. Cigarette butts create a massive and messy environmental burden. To help address the ongoing issue, engineers ...

The adverse impacts of cigarettes on human health are plenty, but a 2023 study found that cigarettes also release harmful toxins into the environment. Researchers from the University of Gothenburg ...

In a bid to reimagine "unpleasant and seemingly worthless" waste, graduate Olivia Gino has transformed cigarette butts into a ...