Candy cigarette
{{Short description|Candy in the form of a cigarette}}
{{Distinguish|text=candy-flavored cigarettes and other tobacco products}}
{{Infobox food
| name = Candy cigarettes
| image = Candy_cigarette_display_in_shop.jpg
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| alternate_name = Candy sticks, candy stix
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| type = Confectionery
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| main_ingredient = Sugar
| variations = Candy, bubble gum, chocolate
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File:Caravellis Djébel Chocolate Cigarettes blikje, foto 3.JPG brand chocolate cigarettes]]
Candy cigarettes are a candy introduced in the late 19th century{{cite news |title=Roundabouts |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ikJYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1234 |access-date=11 July 2019 |work=The American Stationer |date=22 November 1888}} made out of chalky sugar, bubblegum or chocolate, wrapped in paper and packaged and branded so as to resemble cigarettes. Some products contain powdered sugar hidden in the wrapper, allowing the user to blow into the cigarette and produce a cloud of sugar that imitates smoke, which comes out of the other end.
Candy cigarettes' existence on the market has long been controversial because research has shown that they prime children to take up smoking real (tobacco) cigarettes.{{cite news|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2010/07/09/big-league-chew-still-popular-controversial-at-30/|title=Big League Chew still popular, controversial at 30|date=August 23, 2021|work=Chicago Tribune}}{{cite news|url=http://www.livescience.com/health/070618_candy_cigarettes.html|title=Study Links Candy Cigarettes to Smoking|date=June 18, 2007|work=LiveScience|author=Lloyd, Robin|access-date=August 31, 2008}} Candy cigarettes can also serve as a way to market cigarettes to children, as many candy cigarettes have branding nearly identical to cigarette brands.{{Cite journal| issn = 0959-8138| volume = 321| issue = 7257| pages = 362–365| last1 = Klein| first1 = Jonathan D| last2 = Clair| first2 = Steve St| title = Do candy cigarettes encourage young people to smoke?| journal = BMJ: British Medical Journal| date = 2000-08-05| doi = 10.1136/bmj.321.7257.362| pmid = 10926600| pmc = 1118335}} Because of this, the selling of candy cigarettes has been banned in several countries, though they continue to be manufactured and consumed in many parts of the world. However, many manufacturers now describe their products as candy sticks, bubble gum, or simply candy.{{cite web | url=http://cardhouse.com/a/candy/world/world.htm | title=World Candies | publisher=Cardhouse.com |access-date=9 December 2008}}
Promotion of smoking
Tobacco companies and candy cigarette manufacturers have historically cooperated to make candy cigarettes. Tobacco companies have allowed candy cigarette companies to use their branding; Brown & Williamson has gone as far as to send copies of its labels to candy cigarette companies. After the 1964 Surgeon General's report on smoking and health criticized candy cigarettes for "trying to lure youngsters into the smoking habit", tobacco companies began to distance themselves from candy cigarettes, although trademark infringement lawsuits against candy cigarette manufacturers have been rare.
A 1990 study found that sixth graders who ate candy cigarettes were twice as likely to smoke cigarettes as those who did not eat candy cigarettes.{{Cite journal| issn = 0031-4005| volume = 89| issue = 1| pages = 27–31| last1 = Klein| first1 = J. D.| last2 = Forehand| first2 = B.| last3 = Oliveri| first3 = J.| last4 = Patterson| first4 = C. J.| last5 = Kupersmidt| first5 = J. B.| last6 = Strecher| first6 = V.| title = Candy cigarettes: do they encourage children's smoking?| journal = Pediatrics| date = January 1992| doi = 10.1542/peds.89.1.27| pmid = 1728016| s2cid = 30817479}} A 2007 study surveyed 25,887 adults and found that "candy cigarette consumption was reported by 88% of both current and former smokers and 78% of never smokers", a statistically significant difference that the authors suggested indicates a connection between candy cigarette consumption as a child and smoking as an adult.{{cite journal |last1=Klein |first1=Jonathan D. |last2=Thomas |first2=Randall K. |last3=Sutter |first3=Erika J. |title=History of childhood candy cigarette use is associated with tobacco smoking by adults |journal=Preventive Medicine |date=July 2007 |volume=45 |issue=1 |pages=26–30 |doi=10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.04.006 |pmid=17532370 |publisher=Elsevier}}{{cite news |last1=Mestel |first1=Rosie |title=Candy cigarettes and 'Toddlers & Tiaras' |url=https://www.latimes.com/style/la-xpm-2012-sep-15-la-heb-candy-cigarettes-toddlers-tiaras-20120914-story.html |access-date=26 May 2019 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 15, 2012 |department=California Life & Style}}
In the United States, it was reported erroneously in 2010 that the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act{{cite web |last1=Quinn |first1=Kathleen |title=Candy and Fruit Flavored Cigarettes Now Illegal in United States; Step is First Under New Tobacco Law |url=https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm183211.htm |publisher=U.S. Food and Drug Administration |access-date=11 July 2019 |date=22 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216223911/https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm183211.htm |archive-date=2017-02-16 }} bans candy cigarettes.{{cite news | author=RTT Staff Writer | url=http://www.rttnews.com/1343406/candy-cigarettes-officially-banned-by-fda.aspx | title=Candy Cigarettes Officially Banned By FDA | work=RTTNews | date=24 June 2010 |access-date=13 January 2013}} However, the law bans any form of added flavoring in tobacco cigarettes other than menthol.FDA. "[https://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/ProtectingKidsfromTobacco/FlavoredTobacco/ucm183196.htm Tobacco Products]" FDA U.S. Food and Drug Administration. {{webarchive |url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20110823041101/http%3A//www%2Efda%2Egov/TobaccoProducts/ProtectingKidsfromTobacco/FlavoredTobacco/ucm183196%2Ehtm |date=August 23, 2011 }} It does not regulate the candy industry. Popeye Cigarettes marketed using the Popeye character were sold for a while and had red tips (to look like a lit cigarette) before being renamed candy sticks and being manufactured without the red tip. Most candy cigarettes continue to be manufactured in the United States, with the largest maker of candy cigarettes, World Confections Inc, based in New Jersey.{{cite web |last1=Raymond |first1=Adam K. |title=How the Hell Are Candy Cigarettes Still a Thing? |url=https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/how-are-candy-cigarettes-still-a-thing |website=Thrillist |access-date=11 July 2019 |date=29 September 2016}}
Sales laws
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| New South Wales
|{{no|Banned}} |Banned since 1999{{cite news |last1=Burke |first1=Kelly |title=Banned, but choc cigarettes creep back |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/banned-but-choc-cigarettes-creep-back-20080816-gdsqxg.html |access-date=26 May 2019 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=August 16, 2008}} |
| North Dakota
|{{?|Historical}} |
| Nunavut
|{{no|Banned}} |Banned all products that resemble cigarettes[http://www.canlii.org/en/nu/laws/stat/snu-2003-c-13/latest/snu-2003-c-13.html Nunavut Tobacco Control Act 2003] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113014358/http://www.canlii.org/en/nu/laws/stat/snu-2003-c-13/latest/snu-2003-c-13.html |date=2016-01-13 }}, Section 4 |
| Tennessee
|{{no|Banned}} |
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!Locality !Law |
| St. Paul, Minnesota
|{{no|Banned}} |Banned since April 2009{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Paul |title=St. Paul shop caught with smoking gum |url=http://www.startribune.com/st-paul-shop-caught-with-smoking-gum/184828741/ |access-date=26 May 2019 |work=Star Tribune |date=December 27, 2012 |page=B1,B4}} |
See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Candy cigarettes}}
- [http://cardhouse.com/a/candy/bigthumb.htm Candy cigarettes]
- [http://www.barbarastew-art.com/toys_candycigs.htm Candy cigarette collection]
{{Cigarettes|state=expanded}}