kent cigarette filter VINTAGE 1950s CIGARETTES with MICRONITE DIE-CUT CARDBOARD SIGN Remember When Big Tobacco Sold
Remember When Big Tobacco Sold Asbestos as the Greatest Health Protection? Mother Jones 1975 Kent Cigarettes PRINT AD Micronite Come For Filter Stay For Taste VTG 1970s 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 Kent Cigarettes & Asbestos: Risks, Lawsuits & Compensation
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