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 ...

A San Francisco jury has awarded $1.36 million to a terminally ill man who smoked filter-tipped Kent cigarettes in the 1950s that contained asbestos. Lawyers for Don Lenney and his wife, Monica, said ...

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 ...

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 ...

Do cigarette filters provide any benefits to the smoker, or were they simply created by the tobacco companies to make customers think they were addressing the health risks of smoking? Filters seem to ...

Every smoker has done it; either you're distracted by a conversation you are having, you're driving and trying to keep an eye on the road, you're in a poorly lit bar, or you've simply had a few too ...

Just as I was about to write about Oshawa’s Micronite Filters and their new record, Puff Go the Dragon’s Mystic Fires, I received an FB invitation to their Winter Solstice show taking place at ...