A European ban on cigarette filters is more likely to succeed than a national measure. A possible ban on filter cigarettes is on the table during the revision of […]
Netherlands becomes first EU member state to support European ban on cigarette filters Read more
Filters in sigaretten doen meer kwaad dan goed: ze voorkomen de nadelige effecten van roken niet en stimuleren het rookgemak
The impact of cigarette filters on public health and the Belgian environment Read more
20-04-2026 Dutch municipalities, the ministry, and water boards want tobacco industry to bear all the costs of cleaning up cigarette butts, according to a survey by the NOS. Currently, the tobacco industry pays about half, while Dutch taxpayers foot the bill for the rest. The butts are highly polluting to the environment and difficult to remove. The tobacco industry however, want to pay less than they currently do.
Dutch municipalities want the tobacco industry to pay all cigarette butt cleanup costs. Read more
20-04-2026 After Mirjam and Ivo have spent fifteen minutes collecting cigarette butts in front of a Rotterdam school, they have already cleaned up more than a thousand. They advocate for a ban on filter cigarettes and receive support from the ministry and municipalities. Moreover, like water boards, they want tobacco manufacturers to bear all the costs of cleaning up cigarette butts.
Ban on cigarette filters 19-04-2026 A ban on cigarette filters can reduce the amount of microplastics in the environment. At the same time, such a ban has no negative impact on the health of smokers, because a filter does not make a cigarette less harmful. There is no evidence of additional environmental damage due to the absence of a filter. This is shown by research from the RIVM (Dutch National Institute for Public Health).
Ban on cigarette filters can reduce the amount of microplastics in the environment Read more
September 23, 2025 California's Santa Cruz County announced that sales on filtered cigarettes will be banned in 2027, which officials say is the first ban of its kind.
Santa Cruz County, California to implement ban on filtered cigarettes in 2027 Read more
06-07-2025 In the Netherlands and 25 other countries, at least 964,000 cigarette butts were removed from the streets yesterday as part of an international day of action. That is more than the 600,000 from last year, reports the organization behind the No Butts Day campaign. People took to the streets at more than one hundred locations in the Netherlands to participate in the action.
Nearly a million cigarette butts collected worldwide by Dutch campaign Read more
July 2025 In the run-up to the national No Butts Day cleanup campaign on Saturday, July 5, 2025, the new report Cigarette Filter Research 2025 has been published. The conclusion is unmistakable: pollution from plastic cigarette filters remains serious and persistent.
