Most smokers realize that smoking may be killing them. However, many of these folks also believe that smoking a filtered cigarette will cause them less harm than smoking a nonfiltered cigarette.

They are -quite literally- gravely mistaken!

A filtered cigarette may potentially cause you even more harm than a nonfiltered one. And it certainly does NOT protect your health, and it does NOT keep you from inhaling the chemicals and poisons of a cigarette.

- Franc Tausch, PhD, CCHT

Why don’t filters work?

- Filters do not block all the bad chemicals in smoke.
- Filtered smoke feels milder on the throat, making it easier to take bigger and deeper puffs.
- Filters help block only the biggest tar particles while letting through the smaller bits of tar that can travel deeper into your lungs.

Filters are defective — and the companies know it. You may be inhaling filter fibers into your lungs.

- Most cigarette filters are made of the same material as camera film (cellulose acetate).
- Each individual filter is made of thousands of tiny fibers.
- The inside of the filter is painted white to make it appear clean.
- During smoking, these fibers can come off into your mouth and be inhaled into your lungs.

Charcoal filters are no better. If you smoke a cigarette with a charcoal filter, not only can you get fibers in your body, you can also get tiny bits of charcoal.

What cigarette manufacturers will not tell you:

Tobacco industry documents show that they have known about filter fiber fallout since at least the 1950s."Carbon particles were released from all cigarettes tested. In some studies, the particles released from cigarette filters were described as: "..too numerous to count." [Memo to Judy Nash from Nancy R. Ryan. Febuary 18, 1982. "Filter particle fallout." Bates No. 1000805035]

"He said when [a filter] plug is cut …there always remains a few loose, hard particles of filament. These loose, hard pieces of material are then sucked down into the lungs of the smoker." [Memo to Mr. O.P. McComas from Anne C. Stubing. May 1, 1957. (no title). Bates No. 2040015018-2040015020]

Don’t be fooled.
The filter on your cigarette may be causing you more harm than good.

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