More and more municipalities sign the call of the No (Plastic) Filter-campaign Municipalities have to deal with the effects on cigarette filters, from cleaning costs to less attractive living environments. That is why they increasingly support a cigarette filter ban. Increasing support  Seven large and small Dutch municipalities signed the call: Venlo, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The

There is no reason not to ban cigarette filters in the upcoming revision of the SUPD The Single-Use Plastic Directive (SUPD), introduced in 2019, banned single-use plastic (containing) items that were found most in litter and for which alternatives were available: cutlery, straws and stirrers and cotton buds. These measurements have had a tremendously positive

The cigarette filter should have never existed. For eight decades it has been merely a marketing tool for the tobacco industry to sell more cigarettes.  It is one of the most persistent beliefs surrounding cigarette filters: the filter protects people who smoke from the toxins of combustion. Years of research, however, show that this is