ArticleTobacco control2024
Cellulose acetate cigarette filter is hazardous to human health.
Article in Tobacco control, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cigarette filter ventilation, product appeal and regulatory options: a review of the influence of ventilation on consumers' sensory and risk perceptions.Tobacco control · 2026Pooled it
- Nitrosamine and nicotine exposure after switching from filtered to unfiltered cigarette smoking: a cross-over clinical trial.Tobacco control · 2026Trial
- Effects of unventilated versus ventilated filtered cigarettes on smoking behaviour and biomarkers of smoke exposure in a randomised clinical trial.Tobacco control · 2026Article
- Independent companies in the tobacco supply chain: transparency and environmental social governance.Tobacco control · 2026Article
- Enzymatic Hydrolysis of Triacetin and L-Lactide in Emulsified Microparticles Within a Cellulose Hydrogel Dispersion.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- Cigarette filters as a major source of microfibers in aquatic environments.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Tobacco-Related Microplastic Exposure: An Overlooked Respiratory Hazard.Tobacco use insights · 2025Article
- Tobacco industry accountability for marine pollution: country and global estimates.Tobacco control · 2024Article
- Switching people who smoke to unfiltered cigarettes: Effects on smoking topography.Addictive behaviors reports · 2024Article
- Protecting public health and the environment: towards a general ban on cellulose acetate cigarette filters in the European Union.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
The World No Tobacco Day 2022 theme emphasised tobacco's adverse environmental effects, including through agriculture, manufacturing, distribution, use and the disposal of tobacco product waste. A main concern regarding this toxic waste is the cigarette filter, which is attached to nearly all commercial cigarettes and is predominantly made from a plant-based plastic (cellulose acetate). Laboratory studies have demonstrated the chemical toxicity of discarded cigarette butts, and there is growing public concern regarding environmental plastic pollution resulting from single-use cellulose acetate filters. Important considerations are whether the filter has any protective role against the harms of smoking and whether it should be regulated as a plastic environmental pollutant. There is persistent misunderstanding among smokers and policy makers about the implied value of the cigarette filter. The cellulose acetate filter is simply a marketing tool that encourages smoking initiation and reduces intentions to quit smoking. This is because it makes smoking easier and implies added safety through the presumed filtration of inhaled smoke. The sale of filtered cigarettes should be prohibited to protect public health and the environment.
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