Cigarette filters do nothing for smokers' health and just create plastic pollution; they should be banned

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Aug 28, 2025, 3:20 pm129 ptsTrending
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 responded not by making cigarettes safer, but by making them seem safer. Filters were the perfect…

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