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In 1952, as fear about smoking and lung cancer began spreading across America, the Lorillard Tobacco Company introduced a new product that promised peace of mind: Kent cigarettes with the revolutionary Micronite Marlboro Prototype Cigarette Box National Museum of American History Who Made That Cigarette Filter? The New York Times 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 Mesothelioma Alert: 1950's Asbestos Riddled Cigarettes The Filter Fraud The Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society

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