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Exhibit: When cigarette filters were made of asbestos The Cancer History Project In no way am I promoting smoking, but there is something rather charming about this series of ads that fashion designer Stan Herman did for Kent Menthol cigarettes, featuring his ready to wear designs 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 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 The evolution of the Kent Cigarettes brand through decades Top Smoke

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