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 Flavored
cigarettes, colorful wrappers ignite ireTheir boxes carry brand names such as Sweet Dreams, with flavors such as chocolate, vanilla and "Twista Lime." But these products aren't jelly beans or breakfast cereals. They're cigarettes, and critics say they're designed to lure kids into lighting up. A report released today from the American Lung Association criticizes so-called candy-flavored cigarettes, often sold in brightly colored packages. "Caribbean chill? Mocha mint? These sound like ice creams to me, not something that kills you," says Cassandra Welch, who wrote the association's report. "It's just a way to addict young people." more>> |
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Tobacco Still Targeting KidsThe 1998 legal settlement between the states and the tobacco companies prohibited the tobacco companies from taking "any action, directly or indirectly, to target youth… in the advertising, promotion or marketing of tobacco products." However, since the settlement, the tobacco companies have increased their marketing expenditures by more than 84 percent to a record $12.7 billion a year, or $34.8 million a day, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Much of this marketing is still targeted at kids. One of the tobacco industry's most outrageous new tactics is the introduction of candy-flavored cigarettes. more>> |
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Real Cigarettes Attracting Teens' AttentionYou've heard of candy cigarettes, but how about real cigarettes with a hint of candy flavor?The new, flavored cigarettes from Camel have anti-tobacco activists up in arms. Many teens seem to like them, and the manufacturers said the brand is in demand. The cigarettes come in flavors like lime, berry, pineapple and coconut. more>> |
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Cigarette Use Soaring Among Middle SchoolersSome middle-school students like to unwind with a cigarette after the bell rings. Some light up a chocolate cigarette. Others have a strawberry one. And for the really hip seventh-graders, it's a mango smoke. They are called bidis , flavored cigarettes from India that are fast catching on with America's middle-school children, according to the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. more>> |
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Corporations New Lure for Youth: Flavored CigaretteThey sounded like the flavor of the day at the neighborhood ice cream parlor: Mandarin Mint and Cherry Cheesecake. But they're actually flavored cigarettes, an expanding product niche being aggressively promoted by tobacco companies eager to shore up declining sales. more>> |
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flavors not sweet to some Groups say kids are likely targetsWith names like Kauai Kolada, Caribbean Chill and Twista Lime, the products sound like refreshing carbonated beverages. But these are candy-flavored cigarettes and their manufacture and marketing is leaving a sour taste in the mouth of Illinois anti-tobacco groups who accuse tobacco companies of targeting children. "The proliferation of candy-flavored cigarettes shows that the tobacco industry, if it had any left, has lost all moral authority," U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) said Sunday at a news conference in the Chicago Children's Museum. "These names and the flavors contained in them are aimed directly at attracting child smokers." more>> |
