asbestos cigarettes ad Cigarette Filters: A Hazardous Legacy of Smoking In the early 1950s, as

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 1953 Kent cigarette ad promoting its Micronite filter which contained crocidolite asbestos, one of the most toxic types of asbestos : r OldSchoolRidiculous 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 1953 Kent Cigarettes, Kleenex Tissues, Palmolive Aftershave Vintage Print Ads Kent Cigarette Asbestos Filter Medical "Endorsement" Ad Flickr

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