ANY form of tobacco can cause cancer. Filtered or nonfiltered tobacco is not superior inferior in anyway. It is something like saying that cigarette is better because it contains a filter and beedi is dangerous because it does not. That is why the new regulation has banned the use of words like mild or Ultra mild on the cigarettes because it conveys a wrong meaning to the user who thinks that the milder version of the tobacco is less dangerous. You are too young to be using tobacco in any form. Actually no age is appropriate for tobacco use. For the best interest of your own health and for the health of others around you, please quit this habit. Regards.