In a perfect world, cigarette waste simply wouldn't exist. Given that it does, though, scientists have explored a number of methods of repurposing it – these have included using compounds from ...

Among the long, long list of reasons why we shouldn’t smoke lies cigarette ash: it’s a fairly unsavory chemical cocktail that also happens to be a major eyesore around any popular smoking spot. But ...

Arsenic, a well-known poison, can be taken out of drinking water using sophisticated treatment methods. But in places that lack the equipment or technical know-how required to remove it, it still ...

A cheaper way to effectively remove arsenic from water with the help of cigarette ash has been developed by scientists. Jiaxing Li and colleagues explain that naturally occurring and industry-related ...

Discarded cigarette waste may be a blight on our streets, but researchers are hoping they could someday repurpose it into something useful. So far, studies have looked into how cigarettes can power ...

Talk about a nicotine fit. A Staten Island man was apoplectic yesterday after a ticket-happy New Jersey state trooper slapped him with a $240 fine for flicking cigarette ash – not a butt, ash – out of ...