However, today most cigarette filters are made from a synthetic, plasticized material called cellulose acetate
They sort of reached the peak of their cultural relevance in the late 90s, when fashionable stars like Gwyneth Paltrow were spotted puffing away, clutching that classy-lookin' gold and white box
But its also wholly misleading, since trace amounts of arsenic are found in many of the foods we eat every day, and there is no evidence that these levels of exposure cause us any harm
More than 2 million people in Britain smoked cannabis last year, and last month private analysis by the Treasury found that legalising cannabis would raise taxes worth hundreds of millions of pounds
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