@ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
Post #3144201
2026-05-21 14:00 UTC
Ironically, Marlboro started out as a brand targeted at women (which was true of all the original filtered cigarettes). It was only later rebranded for macho men.
Lot of fun facts about filtered cigarettes, like the fact that they don’t filter shit and are actually just filled with chemicals that turn them brown when exposed to smoke so that people think they’re doing something. Also fun: the earliest filters contained asbestos.
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@rapchee@lemmy.world 2026-05-21 14:15
as someone who has tried smoking without a filter, they definitely do something other than brown (i have since quit)
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@ThunderQueen@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 03:08
If you blow a single hit of a cigarettes through a folded napkin, it will also turn brown. Its not “chemicals” like those scammy foot cleanse things. Its smoke and tar