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[–] [email protected] 114 points 1 year ago

Kent Micronite filters contained blue crocidolite asbestos. Of the 6 known types of asbestos, crocudolite is the most toxic/harmful.

One study revealed smoking a pack of Kent Micronite cigarettes every day for a year would expose a smoker to 131 million carcinogenic crocidolite fibers.

A 1989 study of 33 people who worked in the Hollingsworth & Vose filter factory in 1953 found 28 of them died from asbestos-related diseases, including asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma.

[–] [email protected] 102 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm surprised they didn't also coat it in radium to make it easier to find in the dark

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's just pure evil

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

That shit probably tastes fire af, as smokers our rights have been infringed once again...

[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 year ago

All those little abrasions in the lungs allowing the nicotine to get into the blood stream even faster, these guys were living in 2952

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Actually asbestos is non flammable thus it literally cannot be "fire af". Tis a sad day

[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 year ago

"Corporations would never hurt their customers, as it's bad for business."

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So you're saying they may be entitled to compensation?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

If you or a loved one...

[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago

"Kent cigarettes: Now with even more cancer!"

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

adding powdered bleach will prevent covid

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago

Capitalism breeds innovation

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

"Yo I was demoing this old speakeasy and I found a pack of smokes in a walled up room u Wana try one?"

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

(actually speakeasies referred to illegal bars during prohibition from 1920-33, while the cigarettes came out in 1952 🤓 (unless it continued to be used as a slang term in the 50s))

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

They continued to operate as bars once bars were legal but often had major renovations since they no longer had to be hidden. A few friends of mine lived in one. Only house I've ever been in that had a larger basement than the house.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Technically speakeasies are still a thing, but afaik they're more modern "underground" bars rather than literally prohibition-era speakeasies

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

I'm both surprised and not at all surprised

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

sorry but the bottom right picture looked like ramen at first and now all i think about is people smoking ramen noodles

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You might disagree with me, but I prefer eating my ramen before blue fluff starts growing on it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

wow they targeted people who smoked a lot... poor saps

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

witch cancer would you like