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The Chicago CIty council recently banned the sale of "candy-flavored" cigarettes which it said are an insidious attempt by the tobacco industry to lure teenagers, and even younger kids, to smoke. The two-month old ban met a snag yesterday, when council members admitted that under the wording of the ordinance, menthol-flavored cigarettes should also be banned. So the entire ordinance was repealed. Finance Committee Chairman Edward M. Burke said, "What I would like to do now is to repeal what was adopted in error, then go back to the drawing board, sit down with the Law Department and make sure we get this right."
Part of the problem is that these cigarettes contain tobacco, which exempts them from regulation by the FDA. If they were actual candy, the FDA could regulate their sale. In 2004, the U.S. Senate twice voted overwhelmingly to pass FDA legislation that would cover these candy-flavored cigarettes into law. Rep. Tom Delay (R-Tex) has been a leading opponent of the legislation and has helped prevent the bill from coming to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. According to some press reports, every day another 2,000 children become regular smokers. Why should the sale of these cigarettes, which are obviously being used by the major tobacco companies to attract young smokers, be left up to local city councils? I know it's because the tobacco industry gives millions to Congress, but how can that be okay?
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1-27-2006 @ 2:52PM
Jason said..."Rep. Tom Delay (R-Tex) has been a leading opponent of the legislation..."
Dutch, methinks you've answered your own question.
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1-27-2006 @ 2:58PM
HollyRhea said...How did I miss this?
I once had a friend (here in Chicago) buy me candy cigarettes so that I could hang out with her without actually having to smoke (she does, I don't). I remember being confused because I thought that candy cigarettes had been banned...but that was in Texas, when I was a child.
It all makes sense to me now.
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1-27-2006 @ 3:53PM
Jenn said...Wow.....when did they start making candy-flavored cigarettes?
I remember the candy or gum cigarettes (that were real candy or bubble gum, usually with powdered sugar you could puff out to look like real smoke), but the closest I remember to candy-flavored cigarettes were cloves.
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1-27-2006 @ 6:21PM
Missy said...What's sad is that menthol cigarettes are some of the first ones teens try because "they taste like candy canes".
My sister, now a smoker for more than 20 years, started smoking as a 15 year old because her friend's mom smoked menthols (where she got them from) and her friend said the exact thing about them tasting like candy.
I, personally, don't see why tobacco isn't regulated under the FDA. I also don't understand why petroleum products (most notably benzene) isn't concidered "carcinogenic" under OSHA but everything else is.
Freakin' special interest groups. Get industry and religion out of government already. There's no reason for it to be there.
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