kent cigarettes asbestos filter Cross-section of an asbestos-laden cigarette filter. Kent's Micronite were popularly marketed as a "Taste Improvement" and "Kind on the Lungs". : r/interestingasfuck In 1952, as fears grew
In 1952, as fears grew over the connection between smoking and cancer, Kent cigarettes introduced an asbestos filter that was supposed to make smoking safer. The idea sounds almost unreal now. A 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 1953 Kent Cigarettes, Kleenex Tissues, Palmolive Aftershave Vintage Print Ads Micronite Filter The Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society Knee jerk reactions to a perceived safety problem can lead to doing more harm. The concept that cigarettes caused cancer is not new. In 1952 the Lorillard Tobacco Company marketed the original
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