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[Stereogatari]

Conspiracy theory? Get the kids psychologically hooked from an early age?

 

[Spaced Harrier]

Maybe cigarettes were a ploy by the sweet companies.

Open your eyes.

 

[freenudemacusers]

by gum, you've blown this case wide open

 

[entremet]

Lol. I remember these.

 

[Lautaro]

Lol. I remember these.

Me too. We're old.

 

[freenudemacusers]

I wish they still had these in corner stores. all the cool kids in first grade smoked em.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

GOAT tobacco candy:

 

[DragonSworne]

I chew on my cigarette's now because of these damn candies.

 

[Kyzer]

it could actually look like you were puffing smoke from the sugar dust :/

 

[molnizzle]

Maybe cigarettes were a ploy by the sweet companies.

Open your eyes.

FOLLOW THE MONEY PEOPLE

 

[Thelonelykoopa]

Me too. We're old.

I remember these as a kid in the mid 2000s so they havent been gone till recently.

 

[easterislandhead]

Weren't the actual brand name candy cigarettes. So yea not a crazy leap.

 

[NumberThree]

GOAT tobacco candy:

Damn right.

 

[freenudemacusers]

GOAT tobacco candy:

these look cool but is that dutch licorice? HARD PASS

 

[easterislandhead]

"Candy cigarettes are a candy introduced in the early 20th century made out of chalky sugar, bubblegum or chocolate, wrapped in paper as to resemble cigarettes. Some products contain powdered sugar hidden in the wrapper, allowing the user to blow on the cigarette and produce "smoke" on the other end. Candy cigarettes' place on the market has long been controversial because many critics believe the candy desensitizes children, leading them to become smokers later in life."

 

[alfredofroylan]

I don't think so. They were mostly subpar candies.

 

[biggersmaller]

No, candy companies found kids like to mimic some of the "cool" things adults enjoy. It's no different than Big League gum, candy dispensing toy slot machines, or this gem:

 

[NikonShots]

Growing up in the 80's, all the cool people in movies smoked, so we had our candy cigarettes, which was better than us smoking at age 6 and 7

 

[Kettch]

Adults like candy too. So sure, it could have been a ploy to hook kids, but it also could have just been an idea to sell more in general.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

It was very obvious what they were doing.

 

[HappehLemons]

It was very obvious what they were doing.

I love the way these sugar sticks taste. Guess it didn't work on me though I dont smoke and would eat these all the time.

 

[Opus Angelorum]

I love the way these sugar sticks taste. Guess it didn't work on me though I dont smoke and would eat these all the time.

They were delicious, and I don't smoke either.

 

[Zepp Twofist]

They are illegal here. I think there recently was some controversy because the duty free shops at the airports had a designated shelf for "adult" candy that included these.

 

[Transistor]

I don't think it was as much a ploy by the tobacco companies as smart marketing by the candy companies who knew kids wanted to "be cool" like the adults or older kids

 

[peanutbutterlatte]

Well they taste like sugary shit so there must have been an ulterior motive

 

[Gattsu25]

I love the way these sugar sticks taste. Guess it didn't work on me though I dont smoke and would eat these all the time.

Yep, same with me.

 

[hydrophilic attack]

these look cool but is that dutch licorice? HARD PASS

Finnish licorice

Specifically, sweet licorice, not the salty licorice with added salmiak (which is delicious as well)

 

[Zach]

I don't know, but they were chalky and delicious.

 

[213372bu]

The sugar ones tasted better than the ones with gum.

But the gum ones were cooler B^U

 

[freenudemacusers]

Finnish licorice

Specifically, sweet licorice, not the salty licorice with added salmiak (which is delicious as well)

ok i'll put it back on the 'maybe try' list

 

[woopWOOP]

Those chocolate cigarettes were the best. Now I can only get those chocolate coins anymore

Woe is me

 

[Mascot]

I don't know about candy cigarettes, but these fuckers got me hooked on Scotch from a young age.

 

[Nikodemos]

The one we had here during Commie times looked almost exactly like unfiltered cigarettes. They were made out of a brown crumbly substance vaguely resembling chocolate, and the wrappers had the exact same colour of the cheap cancer sticks available at the time.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

I remember the Spider-Man branded ones. My mom got pissed because a friend gave me one while playing in a McDonald's play place and she caught me with it when I came down.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

GOAT tobacco candy:

that looks like some obscure sex toy

 

[Premium Quality]

Those cigarette gums were awful. Almost as bad as the gum that came in baseball cards.

 

[Clockwork]

I always preferred my Big League Chew bubblegum or beef jerky chewing tobacco cannisters. *spit*

 

[diablos991]

Pretty sure they were a tone deaf response to consumer demand. Kids loved those things.

 

[CoryCubed]

Only if you were an idiot and weak minded.

 

[kavanf1]

Kids start on Laramie Juniors.

Those candy cigarettes tasted absolutely disgusting.

 

[Gattsu25]

I don't know about candy cigarettes, but these fuckers got me hooked on Scotch from a young age.

Unlike the cigarette candies in the OP, that stuff has an age restriction on them, right?

And yes, the scotch ones are the bomb.

 

[dan2026]

No, candy companies found kids like to mimic some of the "cool" things adults enjoy. It's no different than Big League gum, candy dispensing toy slot machines, or this gem:

I am going to assume that thing fires out candy.

In which case you put the gun in your mouth and pull the trigger....

 

[Transistor]

I am going to assume that thing fires out candy.

In which case you put the gun in your mouth and pull the trigger....

BEST. TOY. EVER.

 

[Regiruler]

I am going to assume that thing fires out candy.

In which case you put the gun in your mouth and pull the trigger....

I don't see any mechanism that takes the candy from the tank to the gun.

 

[bjork]

I remember these as a kid in the mid 2000s so they havent been gone till recently.

A coworker went on vacation to Seattle last year and brought me some back. They're called Machismo and have a cowboy on the front.

these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L1J4IE8/?tag=neogaf0e-20

 

[Ashby]

I don't know about candy cigarettes, but these fuckers got me hooked on Scotch from a young age.

Lol don't these actually have booze in them, though? I don't think you were supposed to be eating these as a kid.

 

[Übermatik]

Maybe, but it didn't fucking work because who the hell would go from candy to cigarettes and think 'Hm, these cigarettes taste better!'.

Now, getting people addicted to sugar... that's something else entirely.

 

[jstripes]

I loved these things when I was a kid.

I've never smoked a cigarette in my life.

 

[Beer Monkey]

 

[PushTheButtonMax]

The marketing ploy doesn't work on everyone.