Kent Cigarettes are a cigarette brand, first to introduce smoke Filters in 1952.
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.