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Exhibit: When cigarette filters were made of asbestos The Cancer History Project 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 Mesothelioma Alert: 1950's Asbestos Riddled Cigarettes 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
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