Talk:Candy cigarette

Not discontinued? Different type
There's the white sugary candy cigarettes that are still sold. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.172.84.53 (talk • contribs) 21:09, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Ban
What i dont get is why they would be banned. what kid would seriously go "i love the candy so lets try the real thing". all i ever plan on doing is buying a box when going to a conveint store.And they are called candy "sticks" now so are they teaching kids to smoke? No.I mean people enjoy them. What are they going to do now, ban pretzel sticks too?! Cuase i know kids do the exact same thing with those.and how can sugar and tabacco ever going to be related?seriously?If you ask me banning them is like banning ice cream all they are and will ever be is candy Just in case people didnt understand the ingredients are (yes im eating some right now): -sugar -corn syrup -corn starch -tapioca(pudding??) -gelatin -artifical flavors

-chocolate -bubble gum
 * some other flavors:

candy cigarettes Banned for good — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.74.110.60 (talk • contribs) 15:22, 30 April 2007 (UTC)


 * Maybe because real cigarettes will cause cancer and kill you, and think about it! Real cigarettes should be banned as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.126.146.201 (talk • contribs) 05:43, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
 * There is a huge difference between candy and real cigarettes.I do on the other hand agree that real cigarettes should be banned.When i wrote this article along time ago well at least 6 months I was trying to say that cigarettes yes are bad but they dont even call them candy cigarettes anymore! i am completly against smoking and i will be for the next 100 years if i last that long but what i can say is i will always be "for" candy "sticks" not agaist them! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.169.170.196 (talk • contribs) 13:33, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

They may do more good than harm
I have heard of people using them to help them quit smoking. Does anyone have any knowledge of people who have tried that and how effective it may have been? 72.101.206.83 21:10, 15 November 2007 (UTC)

I looked here to see if they're still available in the US. I'm quitting and I thought they might help with the psychological need to hold a cigarette in my fingers. Also, PEZ candy started as a quitting aid before they became licensed collectibles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.112.71.96 (talk) 15:35, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

Song
"Chocolate Cigarette" by Pustelnik (talk) 00:08, 22 November 2008 (UTC)]]

US ban
Lol, you beat me to editing the article to give information about the ban in the US. I got the information from Consumerist, so I cited that as a source. It was close though—I got an edit conflict! ' FL a  RN ' (talk)  20:32, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

According to an article in RTT News, "Flavored cigarettes were banned a year ago when the original law was put into act. Now all of the fake smokes have been banned." Are there other sources for this as well? I am somewhat hesitant to put it into the main article.rpbird (talk) 23:45, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

FAGS/FADS Australian Cigarette Candy
Despite the name, it is HISTORICALLY ACCURATE that this existed and (I ate the stuff and I've included photo proof below).

The candy was renamed in the Politically Correct 1990s (despite "fag" meaning "cigarette" long before the US insult (which I can trace back to the 1960s thanks to George Carlin's comedy, and even then, it meant "sissy" not "homosexual" too!).

It now sells as FADS without a red tip in a box reminiscent of colourful Japanese anime designs. (Or, if you're a Joss Whedon fan, like the "Fruity Oaty Bar" from SERENITY.)

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France ban
According to CNTC, the National Comity against Tobacco, France hasn't actually banned the sale of candy cigarettes:

"Par contre, l’offre de confiseries rappelant un produit du tabac n’est pas interdite à ce jour. Les cigarettes en chocolat ont ainsi déjà fait l’objet d’une proposition d’interdiction de vente (2005) mais celle-ci n’a pas aboutie. Nevertheless, sales of candy reminding a tabacco product isn't forbidden today. Chocolate cigarettes have been the target of a sales ban proposal (2005) but hasn't gone through."

- Comité national contre le tabagisme

The UE did recommend member state to ban their sale in 2002:

"(e) prohibiting the sale of sweets and toys intended for children and manufactured with the clear intention that the product and/or packaging would resemble in appearance a type of tobacco product,"

- European Council

What has been banned throughout the years was chocolate and vanilla flavored tobacco cigarettes, and more recently burstable flavor capsule, commonly used to release menthol

World Confections
I'm not a Wikipedian and don't quite know how to edit this, but the article says that the largest manufacturer of candy cigarettes, World Confections, is based in New Jersey. That may be the case, but they make them in Colombia according to the packaging, seen online at Amazon and elsewhere. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.200.226.19 (talk) 01:48, 6 September 2020 (UTC)