kent cigarettes asbestos filter history MICRONITE — Museum of Failure 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 In 1952, claims that smoking causes cancer caused Kent cigarettes' to come out with an asbestos filter to protect its smokers. : r HistoricalCapsule When cigarette filters were made of asbestos The Cancer Letter 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 Who Made That Cigarette Filter? The New York Times

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