Kent (cigarette)
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Kent is a brand of cigarettes, first to introduce smoke filters in 1952. From March 1952 until at least May 1956, the Micronite filter in Kent cigarettes contained a form of asbestos. [1]. Kent uses charcoal filters (a form of Activated carbon).
The brand is a propriety of British American Tobacco group.
The brand is named after Herbert Kent, a former executive at Lorillard Tobacco Company.
[edit] Cultural references
- In the documentary, The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit, the Fab Four overhear a Kent cigarettes radio commercial, expressing sarcastic interest in it:
- Radio Announcer: Looking for a filtered cigarette that really satisfies?
- Paul McCartney: Looking for one?
- Radio Announcer: One that will give you the pleasure you want in smoking.
- Paul McCartney: I am, yes.
- Radio Announcer: Well, look no more. There is a cigarette that gives you the better(?) action you are looking for today.
- Paul McCartney: Which one!?
- Radio Announcer: Kent!
- John Lennon: KENT!
- Radio Announcer: ...with the exclusive Micronite filter.
- (Kent "Satisfies the Best" theme song plays and John Lennon whistles along.)
- In the film Good Night and Good Luck.
- Was also the sponsor of The Dick Van Dyke Show
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[edit] References and notes
- ^ Cancer Research 55, 1 June 1995
