cigarette with asbestos filter A 1960 advertisement for Kent cigarettes in the New York Mirror In the early 1950s, as

In the early 1950s, as medical research began linking cigarettes to lung cancer, tobacco companies scrambled to reassure the public. Kent Cigarettes, a brand owned by Lorillard, introduced its so called Micronite Filter Kent Cigarettes & Asbestos: Risks, Lawsuits & Compensation In 1952, Kent released Micronite cigarettes with filters made of blue asbestos. Marketed as kind on the lungs and a taste improvement, the so called safety feature backfired, causing twice as much cancer Remember When Big Tobacco Sold Asbestos as the Greatest Health Protection? Mother Jones

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