The industry responded by producing and heavily advertising filtered cigarettes, claiming that they let the flavor through while trapping the bad stuff. (The industry never specifically admitted that smoking caused lung cancer, or any other disease.) Kent, the first successful brand of filter-tipped cigarettes, was promoted as the one cigarette that can show you proof of greater health protection. It utilized an exclusive Micronite Filter that, ironically, was made of crocidolite asbestos
T-Shirt Vintage Cigarette Advertising 22 Camels, 1934 1
Cigarette president and CEO Skip Braver said the link between Cigarette and AMG is natural, and he's right: Both are highly respected performance brands
According to the American Cancer Society, more than 45 million Americans still smoke cigarettes, even though smoking is the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death here in this country
And sending more half-full trucks out on the road means more trips overall