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In 1952, as fear about smoking and lung cancer began spreading across America, the Lorillard Tobacco Company introduced a new product that promised peace of mind: Kent cigarettes with the revolutionary Micronite Remember When Big Tobacco Sold Asbestos as the Greatest Health Protection? Mother Jones Safe Cigarette Filters Found to Have Contained Deadly Asbestos Fibers Kazan Law 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 World No Tobacco Day: Brazen practices of the tobacco industry
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