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Experts issue warning after study's grim discovery on cigarette filters: 'In the interests of public health'

"Designed to give the false impression." Experts issue warning after study's grim discovery on cigarette filters: 'In the ...
Time

Smoking: Report on Filters

Do cigarette filters cut down on the tar and nicotine that have helped to earn tobacco its unpleasant reputation as a cause of lung cancer, heart disease and assorted other ills? Certainly both ...
ZME Science on MSN

When Lung Cancer Fears Emerged in the 1950s, Kent Put a Filter on their Cigarettes. It Was Made From Asbestos

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 ...
NPR

Can vaping help wean people off cigarettes? Anti-smoking advocates are sharply split

To vape or not to vape? That is the question sparking a heated debate this week in Geneva where over 1,400 delegates have gathered to discuss the World Health Organization's tobacco control treaty and ...
News Medical

Study reveals acute impact of smoking and vaping on vascular function

Researchers have identified acute effects of cigarette and e-cigarette smoking on vascular function, even without nicotine. The results of the ongoing research are being presented next week at the ...
C&EN

Vaping vs. smoking: What does decades of research tell us?

E-cigarettes, commonly referred to as “vapes,” were invented in the early 2000s with the explicit goal of helping people quit smoking by transitioning them to something safer. But there are many ...
CNN

Vaping immediately affects vascular health and oxygen levels, study shows, even without nicotine

Vaping has an immediate effect on how well the user’s blood vessels work, even if the e-cigarette doesn’t contain nicotine, according to new research. The research – which has not been published in a ...