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Kids, don't smoke these delicious, candy-flavored cigarettes
It looks like the tobacco companies have found another way to not market to children: they've introduced cigarettes with candy flavors such as chocolate, vanilla, and "Midnight Berry." According to USA Today, "Tobacco makers say they're just trying to get adult smokers to switch brands by offering a wider array of choices." I wonder if they have the same spokesperson as Hostess.
Personally, I prefer the real thing.
Posted by Carrie McLaren on 05/13/2005 | Permalink
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Here in Massachusetts, State Rep. Peter Koutoujian has introduced legislation to ban the sale of candy-flavored cigs. The US Senate passed similar legislation last year, but it never came to a vote in the House (read more at http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/news/candycigs.htm).
People who are concerned about this blatant marketing of tobacco to children should contact their own representatives and urge them to introduce a similar bill. They might even listen.
Posted by: Josh Golin | May 16, 2005 4:00:26 PM
I do not know why you people made Camel exotic bleds know more. I myself is 18 soon to be 19 I love to smoke flavored cig's but if you think of it Hookahs are a lot more worse for you they have 70% more nicotean that a cig so what you should think about is bring back Camel exotic blends and make hookahs illegal because it kills more
Posted by: Sam | Jan 30, 2007 7:03:29 PM
