The Healthy Cigarette,In the 1950′s it was slowly becoming apparent that smoking wasn’t very good fo
The Healthy Cigarette,In the 1950′s it was slowly becoming apparent that smoking wasn’t very good for you. In 1952 Readers Digest published an article entitle “Cancer by the Carton” detailing the possible risks of smoking. While smoking culture had yet to decline, there were many who were looking for a healthier cigarette.The first filtered cigarette was introduced by Viceroy Cigarettes in 1936, however the first popular filtered cigarette was introduced in 1952 by Lorillard Tobacco Company. Called Kent cigarettes, they featured a micronite filter which was supposed to removed 30% of the tar and particulates from the smoke. Many complained that the new cigarettes lacked flavor and were hard to draw from. Regardless, the new brand became a hit, with Lorillard selling 13 billion cigarettes over the next four years. So what was in the special micronite filter which made Kent the healthier cigarette? Asbestos.Many smokers who smoked Kent cigarettes eventually developed asbestosis and mesothelioma, leading to numerous lawsuits against Lorillard Tobacco Company. One study revealed that smoking one pack of original Kent Micronite a day would expose a smoker to 131 million crocidolite fibers with a length of 5µm (5 micrometers or five thousandth a milimetre) a year. In 1956, Lorillard Tobacco Company quietly changed their cigarette filters from asbestos to nitrocellulose. -- source link
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