Talk:Cigarette filter

message: Hello,
For a My college Environmental Chemistry class we have to add Environmental information to a Wikipedia page.  For my project i choice to add information on Cigarette filters degradation.  We have to "go live" with our additions and then we will be graded on the page and our interaction with people on wikipedia and how our addition grows over time.  Thus if you have a problem with my information please edit or talk to me about it, instead of just deleting it all.  
Thanks 
Benjamin Haywood (talk) 17:41, 25 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added Environmental cigarette information 

message: This section seems kind of confusing. Is it talking about two different things? And contradicting itself?
69.155.105.2 23:10, 22 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Ultra Fine Fibers

message: i agree, this section contradicts itself somewhat. "fibres are considered much to large in diameter to inhale" then the sentence after talks about inhaling fine fibres? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 84.9.229.170 (talk) 11:48, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  ultra fine fibres 

message: Sorry for the series of minor edits. Nothing that existed before was particularly 'grammatical'; this is only a slight improvement, and it adheres to the facts from brisk internet research. Strange that what billions of lips (with or without replacement) touch each day is so neglected here.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fm7939 (talk • contribs) 01:14, 17 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  sharp as a marble 

message: Is there any evidence that filters actually work?  in other words, do they increase the ratio of nicotine to tar and other cancerous substances? Gregcaletta (talk) 06:22, 7 November 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm also wondering about this and if there's study to the reduction of harmful effect (percentages).  DynV (talk) 02:32, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: The Results section of this JAMA journal article (https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2753257) states "unfiltered cigarette smokers were nearly 40% more likely to develop lung cancer and nearly twice as likely to die of lung cancer compared with those who smoked filtered cigarettes.". That does sound like they work. 91.110.153.169 (talk) 12:00, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

text: Vectronn (talk) 14:46, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do they work? 

message: I think a short note about that should be talked about on the article.  I can't find info anywhere whether it is safe or not. --Cabbage9 (talk) 22:29, 26 March 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: If you ever done so you'd know by the filter awful smell that it's very likely worse than stopping before.  DynV (talk) 02:35, 16 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  The safety of "smoking" the filters themselves 

message: Come one man... WTF???  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.122.100.126 (talk) 07:35, 28 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  floor sweepings??? 

message: Any information on charcoal filters, like in the Parliament or certain Pall Malls? Does charcoal cigarette filter make any difference as compared to the usual non-charcoal filter?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Autismal (talk • contribs) 20:41, 29 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Charcoal filters 

message: A simple web search for "glass cigarette filters" gives up many results. Some sources even claim the glass is designed to cut the smoker's lungs, causing increased absorption of nicotine, but harming the smoker. Is it true?
Could someone please address this, with a reputable source?
68.83.236.212 (talk) 20:58, 2 January 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: No, there isn't fiberglass in cigarette filters. You don't find "many results" - the most you'll find is [ an article] that pretty clearly states that they onyl found glass fibers in an experimental type of cigarette, the Eclipse, which is probably not even sold anymore, and absolutely 0 (zero) glass fibers in conventional cigarettes. Everything else is actual trash from the likes of Natural News, who go on to quote Yahoo Answers as a reputable source. I'm sure the idea of Big Tobacco knowingly doping their filters with fiberglass to cause internal bleeding in smokers so that their bodies absorb more nicotine and therefore become more addicted and smoke more sounds very exciting (tobacco is deadly enough, why companies would want to kill their customers even faster is beyond me), but it doesn't make sense or stand up to more than 15 seconds of scrutiny. This level of quackery doesn't even deserve a mention in the article. Kloick (talk) 15:00, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Is there fiberglass in the filters? 

message: It is a common misconception that filters were once made of cork. Actually, it was a strip of cork to prevent paper sticking to the lips, not a filter. 71.162.113.226 (talk) 21:17, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  cork?