Cigarette filters release two dozen microfibers upon first contact with water, threatening wildlife and human health.

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 ...

One more reason to kick butts. Tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death in the US, according to the CDC, causing ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cigarette butts are a major pollution problem, but new research shows they can be recycled into fast-charging energy storage ...

California could see fewer cigarette butts and vape pods on the streets under a measure introduced Tuesday. Assembly Bill 1690 would ban single-use cigarette filters, e-cigarettes and vape products in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...