In addition, non-filter cigarettes increase the likelihood of death by 30%, according to a press release published on MedicalXpress.

At the same time, experts note that other types of cigarettes - light, ultra-light and menthol - are just as dangerous as regular filter cigarettes.

According to researchers, despite the efforts of tobacco companies to reduce the level of harmful substances in cigarettes, 90% of lung cancer cases are associated with smoking.

In February, the head of the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, Professor Michael Baumann, said that the best precautions against cancer are quitting, proper nutrition and physical activity.

Oncologist Andrei Pylev, in an interview with NSN, assessed Baumann’s statement.