filtered cigarettes invented KENT MICRONITE — Museum of Failure High Tech Filters

High Tech Filters Exhibit: When cigarette filters were made of asbestos The Cancer History Project 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 In 1952, Kent cigarettes introduced their Micronite filter during a time when people were becoming more afraid of the link between smoking and cancer. The filter was advertised as a safer innovation In 1952, when claims that smoking was linked to cancer, Kent cigaretts came out with an asbestos filter to protect its smokrs. Maybe not the answer they were hoping for.

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