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History

The original version of the Kent Micronite cigarette filter used crocidolite, a form of asbestos, from 1952 until at least mid-1956. Cigarettes from intact, unopened packs of the brand from this period were examined. One filter contained approximately 10 mg of crocidolite. Crocidolite structures were found in the mainstream smoke from the first two puffs of each cigarette smoked. At the observed rates of asbestos release, a person smoking a pack of these cigarettes each day would take in more than 131 million crocidolite structures longer than 5 pm in 1 year. These observations suggest that people who smoked the original version of this cigarette should be warned of their possible substantial exposure to crocidolite during the 1950s.

An epidemic of asbestosis, lung cancer, and mesothelioma has occurred among workers at the factory where the filters for the original Kent cigarette were made.

KENT'S micronite filter was made out of asbestos. Many people who smoked these cigarettes came down with mesothelioma, the hallmark cancer that results from asbestos exposure.

Cigarette Packs

• Kent (1 mg Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - USA
• Kent (1 mg Charcoal Filter) L-20-H - Japan and USA
• Kent (Blue) KS-20-H - Finland and USA
• Kent (Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Japan and USA
• Kent (Deluxe Mild Charcoal Filter) L-20-H - USA
• Kent (El Sabor Mas Find Del Mundo) KS-20-S - Argentina
• Kent (Exlusive Micronite Filter) KS-4-H - USA
• Kent (Famous Micronite Filter) KS-10-H - Singapore and USA
• Kent (Famous Micronite Filter) KS-20-H - USA
• Kent (Famous Micronite Filter) KS-20-S - Japan and USA
• Kent (Famous Micronite Filter) KS-25-H - Australia and USA
• Kent (Famous Micronite Filter) L-20-H - USA
• Kent (Famous Micronite Filter) L-20-S (gold) - USA
• Kent (Famous Micronite Filter) L-20-S - USA
• Kent (Famous Micronite II Filter Menthol) L-20-S - USA
• Kent (Famous Micronite II Filter) KS-20-S - USA
• Kent (Famous Micronite II Filter) L-20-S - USA
• Kent (Fresh Lights) KS-20-H - USA
• Kent (Fresh) KS-20-S - Malaysia and USA
• Kent (Lights) KS-20-H - USA
• Kent (Lights) L-20-S - USA
• Kent (Menthol Lights) KS-20-H - Japan and USA
• Kent (Milds Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Japan and USA
• Kent (Milds Charcoal Filter) KS-20-S - USA
• Kent (Milds Charcoal Filter) L-20-H - Japan and USA
• Kent (Nanotek Neo) Slims KS-20-H - USA
• Kent (New Exclusive Micronite Filter) KS-4-H - USA
• Kent (Nuevo Filtro Exclusivo Micronite) KS-20-H - Mexico
• Kent (Premium Lights Blend) KS-20-H - Chile and USA
• Kent (Premium Lights Blend) L-20-S - Chile and USA
• Kent (Silver) KS-20-H - Germany and Sweden and USA
• Kent (Special Mild Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Japan and USA
• Kent (Super Lights Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Japan and USA
• Kent (Super Lights Charcoal Filter) L-20-H - USA
• Kent (Super Lights Menthol) KS-20-H - Japan and USA
• Kent (Super Lights) KS-20-H - Uruguay and USA
• Kent (Super Lights) L-20-S - USA
• Kent (The World's Finest Cigarette) KS-20-H - USA
• Kent (The World's Finest Cigarette) KS-20-S - USA
• Kent (The World's Finest Cigarette) KS-4-H - USA
• Kent (USA Blend - 1 - Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Brazil and USA
• Kent (USA Blend - 5 - Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Brazil and USA
• Kent (USA Blend - 7 - Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Brazil and USA
• Kent (USA Blend 1 mg Lights - 1 - Absolyutno Legkij Vkus (T) Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Russia and USA
• Kent (USA Blend 1 mg Lights Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - USA
• Kent (USA Blend 1 mg Lights Triple Filter) KS-20-H - Russia and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Blue 10 Smoosh Taste Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Mexico
• Kent (USA Blend Blue 8 Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Germany and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H (white and blue) - Brazil
• Kent (USA Blend Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H (white and grey) - Brazil
• Kent (USA Blend Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H (white and white) - Brazil
• Kent (USA Blend Deluxe Lights Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - USA
• Kent (USA Blend Gold 1 Smoshest Taste Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Mexico
• Kent (USA Blend Golden One - 1 - Lightest Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Moldova and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Mintek 1 Premium Lights 8) KS-20-H - Russia and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Mintek 2 Super Lights 4) KS-20-H - Russia and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Mintek 3 1 mg Lights) KS-20-H - Russia and USA
• Kent (USA Blend One -1- Smooshest Taste Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Chile and USA
• Kent (USA Blend One Lights - 1 - Lightest Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Dominican Republic and USA
• Kent (USA Blend One Lights -1 - Smoothest Taste Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Russia and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Premium Lights - 8 - Legkij Vkus (T) Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Russia and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Premium Lights - 8 - Light Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Moldova and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Premium Lights Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - USA
• Kent (USA Blend Premium Lights 8 Triple Filter) KS-20-H - Russia and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Silver 4 Lighter Taste Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Croatia and Germany and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Silver 5 Smoosher Taste Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Mexico
• Kent (USA Blend Silver Four - 4 - Lighter Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Moldova and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Super Lights - 4 - Ochen Legkij Vkus (T) Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Russia and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Super Lights - 8 - Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - USA
• Kent (USA Blend Super Lights - 8 - Light Charcoal Filter) KS-10-H - Chile and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Super Lights - 8 - Light Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Dominican Republic and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Super Lights Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - USA
• Kent (USA Blend Super Lights 4 Triple Filter) KS-20-H - Russia and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Ultra - 5 - Smoosher Taste Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Chile and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Ultra Lights - 5 - ) KS-20-H - Chile and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Ultra Lights - 5 - Lighter Charcoal Filter) KS-20-H - Dominican Republic and USA
• Kent (USA Blend Ultra Lights 5 mg - Ultra Low Tar) KS-20-H - Chile and USA
• Kent (Ultra Lights) KS-20-H - USA
• Kent (With The Famous Micronite Filter) (Menthol) L-20-S - USA
• Kent (With The Famous Micronite Filter) KS-20-H - USA
• Kent (With The Famous Micronite Filter) KS-20-S - USA
• Kent (With The Famous Micronite Filter) L-20-S (gold) - USA
• Kent (With The Famous Micronite Filter) L-20-S - USA
• Kent (World Famous Cigarette) L-20-H (gold) - Germany and USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) (Golden Lights Menthol) L-20-S - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) (Golden Lights) KS-20-H - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) (Golden Lights) KS-20-S - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) (Golden Lights) L-20-H - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) (Golden Lights) L-20-S - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) KS-20-H - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) KS-20-S - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) L-20-S - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) III (Ultra Lights Mild Ultra-Low Tar) KS-10-S - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) III (Ultra Lights Mild Ultra-Low Tar) KS-20-S - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) III (Ultra Lights Mild Ultra-Low Tar) L-20-H - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) III (Ultra Lights Mild Ultra-Low Tar) L-20-S - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) III (Ultra Lights) L-20-H - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) III KS-20-S - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) III KS-4-H - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) III L-20-S - USA
• Kent (with lines on sides) III L-4-H - USA

External Links

Vintage Print Advertising

• Gallery of vintage graphic design featuring Kent cigarettes

Vintage Television Advertising

• Collection of American television advertising for Kent cigarettes

See Also

• Other "K" Brand Cigarettes