The packaging change the article is referring to was when Smarties used to come in a carboard tube, with a plastic lid at one end. http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/ae

The packaging change the article is referring to was when Smarties used to come in a carboard tube, with a plastic lid at one end. http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/ae76784029684feb8d06d507f47ff7ad/close-up-of-old-style-smarties-tubes-e2137c.jpg http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/ae76784029684feb8d06d507f47ff7ad/c... As a child it was fun to eat the sweets, then replace the lid and crush the tube to make the lid travel quite surprising distances