Beliefs about the safety of cigarette filters and the problem of filter fibre fallout
| Question |
Smokers n (%) |
Former smokers n (%) | ||
| Do you think a filter makes a cigarette safer than the same cigarette without a filter? | Yes | 30 (58) | 14 (58) | |
| No | 22 (42) | 10 (42) | ||
| Have you ever noticed if the filter material comes off in your mouth when you smoke? | Yes | 3 (6) | 1 (4) | |
| No | 49 (94) | 22 (96) | ||
| Have you ever heard of any research on whether filter material can get into smokers' lungs? | Yes | 11 (21) | 4 (17) | |
| No | 42 (79) | 19 (83) | ||
| If cigarette filter fibres are inhaled into the lungs or eaten, would you consider this an additional health risk beyond the exposure to tobacco itself? | Yes | 47 (90) | 22 (96) | |
| No | 5 (10) | 1 (4) | ||
| If you were to learn that some of the filter material is inhaled into your lungs, would this new knowledge increase your chances of quitting? | Yes | 26 (50) | NA | |
| No | 27 (50) | |||
| If cigarette fibres become loose, and the cigarette companies are aware of this, do you think they have an obligation to warn the public about this? | Yes | 53 (100) | 24 (100) | |
| No | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | ||