The website of the US Surgeon General says: Evidence suggests that ventilated filters may have contributed to higher risks of lung cancer by enabling smokers to inhale more vigorously, thereby drawing carcinogens contained in cigarette smoke more deeply into lung tissue. And on top of this, cigarette filters are a major source of plastic pollution and the greatest single item of litter found in the world
This reduction represents an estimated 154,000 fewer people smoking daily and 179,000 fewer smoking monthly or more often, and is similar to the estimated reductions in numbers between 2011/12 and 2019/20 (188,000 and 182,000 respectively)
Eustachian tubes are the small passageways connecting the middle ear to the back of the throat
Real stresses in life, such as work, family, and responsibilities, neither reduce nor disappear with smoking