filter cigarettes history 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 with the revolutionary “Micronite” File:Paul Hornung - Marlboro, the
File:Paul Hornung Marlboro, the filter cigarette with the unfiltered taste, 1962.jpg Wikimedia Commons 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 Exhibit: When cigarette filters were made of asbestos The Cancer History Project 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
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