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It was hardly a surprise when the National Health and Family Planning Commission announced last week that China the worlds largest producer and consumer of tobacco and home to nearly a third of the worlds smokers was planning to ban smoking in public places nationwide by years end

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

A prominent study published by the University of Rochester Medical Center suggested a strong link between childhood consumption of these candies and later adult habits