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Filter as Fraud The Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society Kent cigarettes' introduction of the Micronite filter in 1952 In the early 1950s, as scientific studies began linking smoking to lung cancer, cigarette companies faced growing public concern. To reassure customers, the makers of Kent cigarettes introduced the Micronite Filter in The history of the cigarette filter. Part 1: getting started. by Henry Tudor Medium In 1952, amid growing fears linking smoking to cancer, Kent cigarettes introduced a new Micronite filter marketed as a safety feature. What smokers weren't told was that the filter contained asbestos. With Exhibit: When cigarette filters were made of asbestos The Cancer History Project

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