Candy cigarette

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A tin of Droste brand chocolate cigarettes

Candy cigarettes are a candy introduced in the late 19th century[1] 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.[2][3] Candy cigarettes can also serve as a way to market cigarettes to children, as many candy cigarettes have branding nearly identical to cigarette brands.[4] 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.[5]

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;[4] Brown & Williamson has gone as far as to send copies of its labels to candy cigarette companies.[6] 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.[4]

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.[7] 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.[8][9]

In the United States, it was reported erroneously in 2010 that the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act[10] bans candy cigarettes.[11] However, the law bans any form of added flavoring in tobacco cigarettes other than menthol.[12] 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.[6]

Sales laws

Country Law Notes
Argentina Legal [13]
Armenia Banned [13]
Australia Banned [4]
Austria Legal [14]
Bahrain Banned [4]
Brazil Banned [15]
Canada Template:Maybe Federal law prohibits candy cigarette branding that resembles real cigarette branding and vice versa.[4][16]
Chile Banned Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Denmark Legal [13]
Finland Banned [13]
Georgia Banned [13]
Germany Legal [17]
Iceland Banned [13]
Ireland Banned [13]
Israel Banned [13]
Japan Legal [18]
Kuwait Banned [4]
Latvia Banned Banned on 31 July 2005[13][19]
Lithuania Banned [20]
Moldova Banned [13]
Netherlands Banned Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
New Zealand Template:Maybe There are restrictions on advertising and display. They can not be displayed within a metre of tobacco products.[21][22]
Norway Banned [4]
Oman Banned [4]
Philippines Template:Maybe Strictly enforced, discouraged useScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
Poland Legal Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Portugal Banned Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Romania Banned [13]
Qatar Banned [4]
Saudi Arabia Banned Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Slovenia Banned [13]
South Africa Banned Banned in terms of section 4(3) of the Tobacco Products Control Act, 1993[23]
South Korea Banned Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Spain Banned As part of the Template:Ill, article 3.2.[24]
Sweden Banned Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Switzerland Legal [25]
Thailand Banned [26]
Turkey Banned [13]
United Arab Emirates Banned [4]
United Kingdom Template:Maybe Product still available labeled as 'candy sticks' to remove association with smokingScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
United States Template:Maybe Candy cannot be labeled as cigarettes.[27]
Sub-national
state, etc. 		Law Notes
New South Wales Banned Banned since 1999[28]
North Dakota ? Enacted a ban on candy cigarettes from 1953 until 1967[3]
Nunavut Banned Banned all products that resemble cigarettes[29]
Tennessee Banned [26]
Locality Law
St. Paul, Minnesota Banned Banned since April 2009[26]

See also

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