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TIPS AND FACTS:
Inserting the Cigarette:
Inserting cigarette to the Filter slightly away from the orange part
will increase the smoke flow and thus the filtration, compared
to inserting cigarette slightly touching the orange part. The
orange part is specially designed to optimize the filtration
process therefore never insert the cigarette too deep reducing
the smoke flow and thus the filtration.
Inhaling:
Inhaling fast will cause higher decompression in the deposit chamber
and will result in higher amount of tar, nicotine and
substance removal. On the other hand inhaling too fast
may create discomfort. The Filter is optimized for the
normal smoking pace of an average smoker. For its optimum
performance, simply continue to smoke the way you were smoking
before you started using this Filter.
"Light" and "Ultra Light" Cigarettes:
"Light" or "Ultra Light' cigarettes in fact contain
similar amount of tar, nicotine and other harmful substances
compared to their "Regular" or "Full
Flavor" versions.
When you carefully inspect the filter of such cigarettes you'll
usually see one or more rings of hardly visible perforations
placed around 15 mm from the edge of its filter. Those rings
of perforations add air to the cigarette smoke resulting in
lower per volume readings of tar, nicotine and other harmful
substances in the test machines, giving an illusion of a
"safer" cigarette. Similar to adding a lot of water
to your favorite drink you'll receive less taste in the smoke
to support this illusion. In some cigarettes this
ventilation is achieved using semi-permeable filter
paper.
"Full Flavor" or "Regular" cigarettes have
filter ventilation of 0 - 25%; "Light" cigarettes 25
- 40 % and "Ultra Light" cigarettes above
50%. Note that this product reduces around 80% of both
tar and nicotine which is hardly achievable under 80%
effective filter ventilation.
The fact is that, "Light" or "Ultra Light", when
you light a cigarette, a similar amount of tobacco will burn
and a similar amount of smoke content can be inhaled simply
with more air. The diluted smoke is usually compensated by the
smoker inhaling deeper, longer and more frequently, which may
even further increase risks and harms associated with smoking.
Further, intentionally or unintentionally blocking some or all
ventilation rings with lips or fingers can turn a cigarette
into a more "Full Flavor" or "Regular"
cigarette.
You can test the above facts simply smoking your cigarette, one with
ventilation rings blocked and the other unblocked using this
product, and then do the same with its other versions to
observe and compare the accumulated deposits in the Filters.
This product will reduce the amount of tar, nicotine and other
harmful substances more effectively for cigarettes with no or
less ventilation as the smoke won't be diluted and cooled by
the air. If you have a tendency to compensate the diluted
smoke inhaling deeper, longer and more frequently or you have
a tendency of blocking the ventilation rings in
"Lighter" cigarettes, letting the Filter to perform
better with your current cigarette and then dilute the smoke
with air in your mouth, release a part of the smoke, and
inhale only a portion of a better filtered and well diluted
smoke may be a more effective option to further reduce inhaled
substances.
In any case, whether the cigarette you are smoking is "Full
Flavor", "Regular", "Light" or
"Ultra Light", whatever is trapped in the filter
won't go to your lungs and exhaled for second hand
smokers.
The key in reducing harm and dependency is not which version of the
brand you are smoking but is reducing the total amount of tar,
nicotine and other harmful substances that will reach your
lungs in a given period of time.
Filtration:
The filter filters less at the first and more at the following
cigarettes.
Beside the brand and type of the cigarette you are smoking, the
filtration depends on many factors from the way you are
inhaling to the temperature and humidity of the air. Although
test results may vary depending on several factors, usually
the filtration starts with removing under 80% of the tar
containing nicotine and other harmful substances at the first
cigarette, and may go over 90% when enough tar is accumulated
on the inner walls and orange part of the Filter, as tar will
stick to itself better than to any other material. Therefore,
do not dispose your filter before orange part is completely
covered with tar or until you notice a change in the flavor of
the smoke.
Disposal:
The tar trapped in the Filter contains many harmful substances. Keep
them away from the reach of children and safely dispose them
well wrapped in aluminum or plastic folio.
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