kent asbestos cigarette 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 Unusual News - Case of

Unusual News Case of Cigarettes with Asbestos Filters Still Unsettled after 60 Years AllGov News Dead ends the tobacco industry's quest for a 'safe' combustible cigarette Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 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 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

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