kent cigarette asbestos filter 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 Mesothelioma Alert: 1950's Asbestos-Riddled Cigarettes

Mesothelioma Alert: 1950's Asbestos Riddled Cigarettes VINTAGE 1950s KENT CIGARETTES with MICRONITE FILTER DIE CUT CARDBOARD SIGN eBay In the early 1950s, as medical research began linking cigarettes to lung cancer, tobacco companies scrambled to reassure the public. Kent Cigarettes, a brand owned by Lorillard, introduced its so called Micronite Filter 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 R.J. Reynolds Haunted by Deadly Legacy of Kent Asbestos Filters

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