Bolivian crocidolite was used in approximately 13 billion Kent Micronite cigarette filters, manufactured from March 1952 until May 1956. Beyond the individual risks of tobacco smoke and asbestos ...

MANHATTAN (CN) - The "micronite filter" Kent cigarettes touted as "health protection" in the 1950's contained asbestos, a former smoker suffering from malignant mesothelioma claims in court. Myrna ...

British American Tobacco (BAT) -- the third-largest publicly traded tobacco company in the world -- is engaged in an elaborate and ethically questionable online-marketing strategy across Europe and ...

It's hard to think of anything more reckless than adding a deadly carcinogen to a product that already causes cancer—and then bragging about the health benefits. That's what Lorillard Tobacco did 60 ...

British American Tobacco Korea has raised the price of its Kent cigarettes as of Monday, according to the company. BAT Korea increased the price of Kent Convertible 6 milligrams cigarettes -- the only ...

Left: A Kool cigarettes advertisement targeting Black communities for a sponsored event, the Kool Jazz Festival; Right: A Kent cigarettes ad targeting Black smokers. Lincoln Mondy grew up in a mixed ...