I already wrote about this development previously, but the subject is worth revisiting, because tobacco manufacturers have recently introduced a number of exotic, candy-flavored cigarettes in an effort to target the youth market, according to a study published in Health Affairs.
Candy-flavored cigarettes?
Talk about a way to lure innocent kids!
"This research revealed the development of flavor delivery technologies hidden from consumers and public health professionals, including the use of a plastic pellet placed in the cigarette filter," the report found.
"These findings raise concerns as to the potential added health risks associated with using new flavored tobacco products, and they underscore the need for effective assessment and monitoring of tobacco products."
Meanwhile, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids denounced candy-flavored cigarettes as "the latest evidence that the tobacco companies are just blowing smoke when they say they have made `profound and permanent’ changes in how they do business and don’t market to kids, as they did recently in their opening arguments in the federal government’s lawsuit against the tobacco companies.’"
Sad, isn’t it?