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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 Remember When Big Tobacco Sold Asbestos as the Greatest Health Protection? Mother Jones 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 How Asbestos Exposure Increases Lung Cancer Risk 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 Kent Micronite Filter Cigarettes 1972 Vintage Color Smoking Print Ad

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