Can Nanotech Filters Make Cigarettes Less Bad?

Smoking cigarettes is a pretty loathly habit and pretty bad for you . The smoke , the smell , the higher opportunity of lung cancer — not good stuff . But it ’s hook and clears people ’s mind ! So , how can scientists make it less speculative for us ? Titanate nanotubes .

properly now , cigaret use cellulose acetate filters — they’re cheap and somewhat efficient at filtering out nicotine , tar , rat poison , and whatever else they throw in those spliff . But there ’s obviously better technology than that ! scientist had looked at carbon carbon nanotube but they ’re expensive — which does n’t work for large business — and some researchers are touch on with the unknownness of using carbon as filters .

So scientist at Fuzhou University in China used titanate nanotubes as filters . They ’re much cheaper than carbon paper carbon nanotube and block out a lot more horseshit than the current filters . Of naturally , smoke is still bad for you , but improve filtration engineering science is a good thing . [ PhysOrgviaFast Company ]

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