Question about the filter on the cigarette?
Hi, I bummed a cigarette from a girl in my room at summer camp and smoked it with her for the first time. I keep noticing that when I smoke with my girlfriend, my filter doesn't get as dark as hers. Is that possible? Hers seem to filter better.
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If you don't really smoke, the filter won't get so dark, but I advise you to leave this in the future, it will cost you thousands of euros in your life and only promote the risk of early death. Let all the nonsense like smoking and vases and you are better than the smokers.
I believe that the color of the cigarette filter is largely (but not exclusively) cosmetic.
I found something really interesting on Wikipedia. It means that our cigarette filters are not dark brown because they effectively catch tar; This is just an illusion that the cigarette industry gives us by playing down its publications on the possible risks of smoking (in my eyes, no likely or definite risks).
Cigarette filter – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette_filter
Color change
The tobacco industry found that the illusion of filtration was more important than filtration itself. The pH of the cellulose acetate used is changed in such a way that its color becomes darker when smoke is applied. This was invented in 1953 by Claude Teague, who worked for the RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company. For marketing reasons, the industry wanted filters to be considered effective, although they did not make cigarettes less unhealthy.
In the words of Claude Teague, the inventor of the color change filter:
"The cigarette smokers attach great importance to the visual examination of the filter material of filter cigarettes after smoking the cigarettes. Usually a visual comparison is performed before and after smoking. If the material of the filter tip becomes darker after smoking, the tip is automatically assessed as effective. While the use of such a color change material probably would not have any effect on the actual effectiveness of the filter tip material, the advertising and sales advantages are obvious."
Something my daughter (31 y) has always done and my younger niece (17 y) has begun. Both smoke stronger brands, with cork mouthpiece paper. Both like to compare how dark the filter becomes when smoking, especially towards the end, compared to the cork paper.
or you draw less.