Yes, they did. This is taken from the transcript of that episode, about 8 minutes in:
Chuck: They changed the pH on that filter to purposefully turn it brown as you smoke, so you look and you see, man, look at all that brown stuff that’s not getting into my lungs.
Josh: It fooled me for twenty years. Up until a couple of days ago, I had no idea that that was the case.
Chuck: Yeah, just one of the dirty tricks that cigarette manufacturers used and still used.
They also point out how the filter “is doing something” to reduce what makes it into your body, but not much.
As far as I understand, there is absolutely no clinical evidence that suggests filters do anything as far as reducing the risks of cancer and other smoking-related diseases is concerned. In fact it’s suggested that it has the opposite effect since it tends to make people smoke more.
The Cigarette Century is an excellent recent book that also talks about these issues.
Yes, they did. This is taken from the transcript of that episode, about 8 minutes in:
They also point out how the filter “is doing something” to reduce what makes it into your body, but not much.
As far as I understand, there is absolutely no clinical evidence that suggests filters do anything as far as reducing the risks of cancer and other smoking-related diseases is concerned. In fact it’s suggested that it has the opposite effect since it tends to make people smoke more.
The Cigarette Century is an excellent recent book that also talks about these issues.