Why Candy Cigarettes?

In an era focused on public health and preventing youth smoking, it’s baffling why candy cigarettes remain so widely available. Walk into almost any convenience or candy store, and you’ll find these products designed to look remarkably authentic – right down to the ability to ‘blow smoke’ from their ends. If this isn’t a direct form of marketing tobacco use to impressionable children, what is? For many of us, including myself, the switch to vaping was a life-altering decision, highlighting the critical importance of keeping cigarettes out of reach for the next generation, even in candy form.