1952 kent cigarettes asbestos MICRONITE — Museum of Failure In 1952, as fears grew

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 How Asbestos Exposure Increases Lung Cancer Risk 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 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

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