asbestos filtered cigarettes Cross-section of an asbestos-laden cigarette filter. Kent's Micronite filter were popularly marketed as a "Taste Improvement" and "Kind on the Lungs". : r/interestingasfuck 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 Remember When Big Tobacco Sold Asbestos as the Greatest Health Protection? Mother Jones Kent's Asbestos Secret: The "Healthier" Cigarette's Hidden Danger 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 Asbestspotter Asbestos in Kent Cigarette Filters: A Shocking Past

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