CANDY FLAVORED CIGARETTES

We're not talking about candy cigarettes, but real cigarettes with candy flavor!!!  The new, flavored cigarettes have anti-tobacco activists and parents up in arms. Many teens seem to like them and unfortunately, the manufacturers say the brand is in demand. The cigarettes come in flavors like lime, berry, pineapple and coconut. They are now being sold at tobacco stores and gas stations.

Michigan Department of Community Health Director Janet Olszewski and Michigan Surgeon General Dr. Kimberly Dawn Wisdom have called for American cigarette manufacturers to halt the production of flavored cigarettes, saying the products are blatantly targeted toward children and non-smoking adults.

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Michigan Department of Community Health: Olszewski and Wisdom Blast Big Tobacco for Sale of Flavored Cigarettes Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids: Report on Candy Flavored Cigarettes  USA Today article on Candy Flavored cigarettes: Flavored Cigarettes, Colorful Wrappers Ignite Ire State Fails in Stop Smoking Efforts:  Cigarette Tax is Only Area Addressed, Officials Say