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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 The history of the cigarette filter. Part 1: getting started. CigsSpot In a shockingly ironic twist of medical history, Kent cigarettes responded to early cancer fears by introducing the Micronite filter. Marketed as the ultimate health safeguard, this filter actually contained crocidolite, a Exhibit: When cigarette filters were made of asbestos The Cancer History Project Cigarette Kentucky Historical Society
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