I distinctly remember on more than one occasion buying a packet of
cigarette shaped white candy sicks as a child in Lanarkshire. (A place
were chocolate cigarettes would have negigible influence on children
smoking). I also remember plastic pipes being sold which acted as
whistles.
I have never smoked ever. I also didn't "worship" alcohol as a
student because I looked at crates and crates of beer as child in my
father's restaurant store room.
The draw for a child to smoke is curiosity. Demystifying something in
a child's eye, takes away temptation and glamour. Like alcohol for me. I
don't smoke because my grandparents died of smoking related diseases.
I'm not sure whether banning chocolate cigarettes will have a great
impact in children taking up smoking, but if it does, then it can only be
a good thing.
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests:
No competing interests
14 February 2003
Chris Chung
SHO A+E
Formerly Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow
Rapid Response:
There were candy cigarettes in the UK!
I distinctly remember on more than one occasion buying a packet of
cigarette shaped white candy sicks as a child in Lanarkshire. (A place
were chocolate cigarettes would have negigible influence on children
smoking). I also remember plastic pipes being sold which acted as
whistles.
I have never smoked ever. I also didn't "worship" alcohol as a
student because I looked at crates and crates of beer as child in my
father's restaurant store room.
The draw for a child to smoke is curiosity. Demystifying something in
a child's eye, takes away temptation and glamour. Like alcohol for me. I
don't smoke because my grandparents died of smoking related diseases.
I'm not sure whether banning chocolate cigarettes will have a great
impact in children taking up smoking, but if it does, then it can only be
a good thing.
Competing interests:
None declared
Competing interests: No competing interests