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Exhibit: When cigarette filters were made of asbestos The Cancer History Project Remember When Big Tobacco Sold Asbestos as the Greatest Health Protection? Mother Jones In 1952, the Kent cigarette brand introduced a filter called "Micronite" in response to growing cancer concerns associated with tobacco use. This asbestos filter, made from a group of natural mineral fibers 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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