when was filtered cigarettes invented The history of the cigarette filter. Part 1: getting started. | by Henry Tudor

In the early 1950s, as scientific evidence increasingly linked cigarettes to lung cancer, tobacco companies rushed to reassure the public with new “safer” technologies. One of the most infamous responses came in

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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,

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Exhibit: When cigarette filters were made of asbestos – The Cancer History Project

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Asbestos Cigarette Filters: Kent Micronite Cigarettes & Lawsuits

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History of an Invention: Kent Micronite

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In 1952, as public concern grew over the link between smoking and lung cancer, Kent cigarettes introduced what they called a “safer” alternative: the Micronite filter. What they didn't tell smokers? That

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De Pere history includes Stuart Stebbings and cheese-filter cigarettes

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