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When Lung Cancer Fears Emerged in the 1950s, Kent Put a Filter on their Cigarettes. It Was Made From Asbestos

In the early 1950s, cigarette companies in the US were starting to have a problem. For the first time, large-scale scientific ...
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The intractable cigarette 'filter problem'

Tobacco Control, Vol. 20, Supplement 1: The Environmental Burden of Cigarette Butts (May 2011), pp. i10-i16 (7 pages) Background When lung cancer fears emerged in the 1950s, cigarette companies ...