Proof of the Greatest Health Protection Ever

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This article is part of the Tobacco portal on Sourcewatch funded from 2006 - 2009 by the American Legacy Foundation.

Proof of the Greatest Health Protection Ever

2 page, 1953 advertisement for Kent cigarettes with the Micronite filter touting health protection. Shows a man identified as "Johnathan Blake, your host on the exciting TV show The Web" doing a pseudo-scientific demonstration using two drinking glasses.

Kent Micronite filter was made out of asbestos.

Title TO 1 OUT OF EVERY 3 CIGARETTE SMOKERS: KENT - THE ONE CIGARETTE THAT CAN SHOW YOU PROOF OF GREATER HEALTH PROTECTION
Org. Author LIFE
Date 19530914/P
Type ADVE, ADVERTISEMENT
Bates 92616410/6411
Collection Lorillard
Pages 2
URL: http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/rfb00e00