> I'll never understand why lawmakers think that fruit and other flavorings for tobacco are aimed at getting kids hooked. Candy cigarettes. Big League Chew. An

> I'll never understand why lawmakers think that fruit and other flavorings for tobacco are aimed at getting kids hooked. Candy cigarettes. Big League Chew. And now e-cigarettes. It's common (and now scientifically documented) knowledge that tobacco companies have used these types of flavors and products to target young smokers. There is decades of evidence and little reason to believe it won't continue. Whether it's 'fair' to adults in terms of how many flavors they have access to is up for debate but the lawmakers' reasoning is sound. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1118335/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1118335/ > Advocates of public health care consider candy cigarettes (cigarette sweets) one example of the way in which international trademark or copyright laws are violated to promote tobacco products to children.1,2 People with vested interests in confectionery and tobacco have denied these claims and argued that restrictions on confectionery resembling tobacco products are unnecessary. We review recently available documents from the tobacco industry, which describe cooperation between the manufacturers of tobacco and candy cigarettes, ineffectual trademark enforcement, evidence that candy cigarettes may promote smoking, suppression of unfavourable findings from research sponsored by the confectionery industry, and successful attempts to avoid legislation or regulation. > Summary points > * Candy products that mimic packaging of tobacco brands may promote smoking in young people > * Executives of both the tobacco and confectionery industries have regarded candy cigarettes as good advertising to future smokers > * Some tobacco companies granted confectioners permission to use cigarette pack designs and tolerated trademark infringement > * Children who have used candy cigarettes are more likely to become smokers > * Unfavourable research sponsored by the US candy cigarette industry was suppressed > * Elimination of candy cigarettes and other confectionery resembling tobacco products may help achieve public health goals of reducing tobacco use in young people