1952 kent cigarettes asbestos Cigarette Filters: A Hazardous Legacy of Smoking In 1952, Kent released “Micronite”

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 Asbestos Cigarette Filters: Kent Micronite Cigarettes & Lawsuits Kent Cigarette Box, Michigan State Medical Society, 1963 National Museum of American History Who Made That Cigarette Filter? The New York Times 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

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