• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    Illegal where? I have to go to a novelty candy store in my area, because it’s the only place I can think of that sells them…but it’s legal here.

    • AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works
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      5 hours ago

      I’m not sure it’s legal to call them candy cigarettes though - I’ve always seen them called something else. Yup, it’s illegal to call them cigarettes in the US, and they vary in legality elsewhere.

      I only ever see them for sale in places that sell old fashioned candy, I think their decline has to do with the fact they just don’t taste very good (in addition to the changing cultural opinions about cigarettes, but I bet they’ve declined even in places where a large percentage of adults still smoke).

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      13 hours ago

      It’s not illegal here, but sufficiently heavily discouraged and socially frowned upon that indeed, you have to look hard to find em.

      Instead, we let 11 year olds order vapes from china now.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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        11 hours ago

        Ha ha ha, yeah. Not like when I was a kid in the 80s, and everybody smoked. Walls were just brown.

        Just…all walls.

        So glad that as generations went on, smoking habits have seemed to fall off a cliff.

        Instead, we let 11 year olds order vapes from china now.

        Wait, what?

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      14 hours ago

      because it’s the only place I can think of that sells them…

      Because they’re illegal to sell elsewhere 🤯