kent cigarettes history Legal battles smolder six decades after 'the greatest health protection in cigarette history' When cigarette filters were made

When cigarette filters were made of asbestos The Cancer Letter In the early 1950s, as scientific studies began linking smoking to lung cancer, cigarette companies faced growing public concern. To reassure customers, the makers of Kent cigarettes introduced the Micronite Filter in 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 Remember When Big Tobacco Sold Asbestos as the Greatest Health Protection? Mother Jones 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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