• ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    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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      3 hours ago

      as someone who has tried smoking without a filter, they definitely do something other than brown (i have since quit)