1952 kent cigarettes asbestos MICRONITE — Museum of Failure Cigarettes & Asbestos Filters: 2

Cigarettes & Asbestos Filters: 2 Terrible Things Worse Together Asbestspotter Asbestos in Kent Cigarette Filters: A Shocking Past 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 Who Made That Cigarette Filter? The New York Times 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 Innovation Isn't Always the Answer

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