Anyone remember Kent cigarettes with the "Micronite" filters?

[eppur_se_muova]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/asbestos_pix/3167698126/

http://www.mindfully.org/Pesticide/Asbestos-Kent1jun95.htm

[elleng]

1. Yes and no. Don't recall the 'original' version, sure don't recall that ugly stuff!

[Bake]

2. Yep. They had asbestos in 'em.

When I used to do asbestos defense work, they got sued frequently.

Bake

[hifiguy]

3. My mother smoked Kents

until she was forced to quit smoking after she broke her hip and had to move into assisted living. I don't ever remember her not smoking Kents until then - some 45 years. Somehow she lived to 86.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. I sure do remember Kent cigarettes and those filters...

Of course, back then, I was not aware of the asbestos component.

Gack.

x(

[Doc_Technical]

5. I remember the commercial jingle.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfWF6N8jQw4




After the incident at Kent State where National
Guard troops fired on demonstrating students,
some wags added a stanza saying:
"To a Guardsman, it's a Kent."

[RebelOne]

6. Yes, I remember Kents. I tried smoking them and it was like sucking air. n/t

[Iggo]

7. Yeah, they were like joke cigarettes.

[jmowreader]

8. Kents with the Asbestos Filter weren't the most dangerous smokes around...

Chesterfields turn you into a tyrannical despot.

[freshwest]

9. Good 'un. I do remember these Kent things. I didn't smoke and have lost a few folks to the habit.