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Now I’m normally one to think that the world is going mad when it comes to being politically correct about what things are called, but I have to personally agree with whoever decided that Sweet Cigarettes should be renamed to Candy Sticks. After all, whether you smoke or not everybody knows smoking is bad for you, and so giving children something called cigarettes is not really a good idea, is it?
That said, when I was a kid I remember eating many a pack of these hard white sugary sticks and pretending to smoke them, and it never turned me into a smoker, so perhaps we should give kids a bit more credit.
However, it wasn’t just the name that changed when Sweet Cigarettes became Candy Sticks. No, we also lost the little bit of red colouring on one end of the sweet that was supposed to look like the cigarette was alight. Strange they chose red as the colour, since I would say most cigarettes glow a more orangey colour when they are being smoked.
Oh well, they may have a new name but they’re still just a tasty and just as hard to break with your teeth, and you can sample them again for yourselves thanks to A Quarter Of.
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March 26th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
I remember these well, used to be different brands if I remember rightly (probably same, just different packs).
I just browsed at the shop you said you can get them from and was quite surprised to find it’s less than 1/2 mile from my front door!
Soon to be raided! :p
March 26th, 2009 at 5:49 pm
I always remember them being based on whatever TV or film was popular at the time, or football. You used to get picture cards in every packet to collect and swap with your mates.
April 19th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
:O I remember these,,i loved them! But took them off the shelves!! Grr loved the cards in them like lol
=D
August 27th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
I remember some were soft and chewy, and nicer to eat – probably stale, knowing our local corner shop. Loved the cards, with some you could send off for an album to stick them in (a bit like the PG Tips cards, remember those?).
Then there were brown, chocolate, chewy sticks, which we used to predend were “Hamlet – the mild cigar”.
August 27th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
I always preferred the soft and chewy ones too Laura. You only seem to be able to get the hard ones these days. Pity…
August 15th, 2010 at 10:45 pm
You can still find the candy cigarettes on various sites and some stores, at least in the US….