kent cigarette filter VINTAGE 1950s CIGARETTES with MICRONITE DIE-CUT CARDBOARD SIGN Exhibit: When cigarette filters were

Exhibit: When cigarette filters were made of asbestos The Cancer History Project Asbestos Cigarette Filters: Kent Micronite Cigarettes & Lawsuits 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, introduced in 1952 by the P. Lorillard Company, utilized a Micronite filter made primarily of crocidolite (blue asbestos), one of the most dangerous forms of the mineral. This marketing as

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