did kent cigarettes have asbestos filters In the early 1950s, as medical research began linking to lung cancer, tobacco companies scrambled to reassure the public. Cigarettes, a brand owned by Lorillard, introduced its so-called “Micronite Filter” Cross-section of an asbestos-laden cigarette
Cross section of an asbestos laden cigarette filter. Kent's Micronite filter cigarettes were popularly marketed as a "Taste Improvement" and "Kind on the Lungs". : r interestingasfuck Asbestos Artifacts : Kent Cigarettes, The "Healthier" Cigarette, Now with MORE Asbestos! #asbestos #vintageads #kent #cigarettes #healthycigarettes Micronite Filter The Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society Safe Cigarette Filters Found to Have Contained Deadly Asbestos Fibers Kazan Law Mesothelioma Alert: 1950's Asbestos Riddled Cigarettes 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
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