Comment on Tobacco conference to weigh up stubbing out cigarette butts
Ethalis@jlai.lu 3 days agoI recall hearing in a documentary that filters were just yet another PR scheme by Big Tobacco to make smoking more appealing when studies started to show up about the health effects of cigarettes.
I don’t have a source in mind so don’t quote me on this, but I even seem to remember that those filters are designed to take a yellow/brownish colour when you smoke to make it look like they filter out all the nasty stuff that would otherwise end up in your body
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 3 days ago
A PR scheme doesn’t necessarily have to be completely fake, though. If a cigarette filter does reduce the harmfulness somewhat, it’s still better than not using one (if you dispose of it properly), but tobacco companies can still spin it like it’s basically not harmful at all with a filter.