filter cigarettes history A brand didn't just change its audience it changed perception forever. Marlboro wasn't always the rugged cowboy symbol we know today. It started as a cigarette for women, positioned around elegance and When Lung Cancer Fears Emerged
When Lung Cancer Fears Emerged in the 1950s, Kent Put a Filter on their Cigarettes. It Was Made From Asbestos File:Paul Hornung Marlboro, the filter cigarette with the unfiltered taste, 1962.jpg Wikimedia Commons 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 Asbestos Cigarette Filters: Kent Micronite Cigarettes & Lawsuits In a shockingly ironic twist of medical history, Kent cigarettes responded to early cancer fears by introducing the Micronite filter. Marketed as the ultimate health safeguard, this filter actually contained crocidolite, a Filter as Fraud The Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
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