alarmed at the same time — those little candy cigarettes that let you pretend to be all grown up. Candy cigarettes, basically sticks of pure sugar, were invented in the 19 th century and gained ...

Mar. 23 -- FRIDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- Childhood puffs on candy cigarettes may lead to adult smoking habits, a new study warns. "More adult smokers said they had used candy cigarettes ...

There was a time you’d think nothing of seeing young kids puffing on candy cigarettes. Parents would even hand them out on Halloween. Smoking was KOOL. “Just Like Daddy!” one candy ad promised.

Slate writer Amanda Marcotte has thoughts on that. In a columm headlined “A Little Girl ‘Smokes’ a Candy Cigarette on ‘Toddlers & Tiaras.’ Cue Freakout,” she argues it’s a “safe ...

Candy cigarettes predispose children who play with them to smoke the real things later, new research concludes. The look-alikes made of candy or gum are marketing and advertising tools that ...

The first was a hard white candy stick the same length as a standard filtered cigarette but just a bit thinner. No particular flavor, unless "sucrose" is a flavor. There was a red, actually pink ...

Around this time, tobacco companies warmed up to the potential of cigarettes made out of chocolate, bubblegum, or pure sugar. Candy cigarettes, they seem to have realized, were free advertising ...