Candy Cigarettes. Really?

**bdeljoose** · 12-26-2012, 02:01 PM

St. Paul soda fountain busted for selling candy cigarettes

Article by Paul Walsh, Star Tribune
December 26, 2012

It's illegal to sell candy cigarettes in St. Paul.

Photo: candy.com

A back-in-the-day soda fountain in St. Paul has been busted for selling cigarettes -- made of candy.

Lynden's, on Hamline Avenue near Cretin-Derham Hall High School, said a city inspections official came in last week and gave the shop a warning and added that a misdemeanor citation -- with a $500 fine -- would be next if the cancer-free confectionery continues to be sold.

"We got busted [Dec. 19] by the City of St. Paul. Oops," the shop Tweeted.

Candy cigarettes, bubble gum cigars and bubblegum made to look like chewing tobacco have been among a host of vintage sugary treats that Lynden's has kept in stock since it opened in April.

"We had no idea," Tobi Lynden said Wednesday, lamenting that she can no longer sell the white candy sticks with the red tips, her best-selling candy item. "We don't want to get on the bad side of St. Paul."

Lynden said nearly all of the candy cigarette purchases were made by adults.

" 'Oh, I had these when I was little,' " she said she would often hear. "We weren't trying to promote smoking or tobacco use of any kind."

And just what would prompt a bureaucrat to ferret out such nefarious activity?

"Somebody from Bloomington called and reported us," Lynden said. "The whole thing is pretty weird."

Robert Humphrey, spokesman or the city's Safety and Inspections Department, said the complaint came to his agency on Dec. 13. An inspector visited Lynden's on Dec. 19 and had the verboten products immediately removed from the sales floor.

In April 2009, a unanimous City Council outlawed candy smokes and cartoon character lighters. The council cited a study showing that these products encouraged youngsters to take up smoking tobacco.

Lynden?s Facebook page has collected dozens of comments decrying the enforcement action and the rationale behind it.

"I just got through a bag of gummy bears," one person wrote. "Now I can't stop thinking about where to find a REAL bear to eat!"

Several countries prohibit the sale of candy cigarettes, including Australia, Canada and Thailand. In the United States, some national retailers have agreed not to sell them. Maine and Tennessee and several local jurisdictions in other states have banned the sale of novelty lighters.

The ordinance was championed by a group of St. Paul teenagers working with the Association for Nonsmokers-Minnesota, which educates youth groups and individuals who want to lobby for anti-tobacco policies.

Humphrey said he gets a complaint "about once a year" concerning the sale of candy cigarettes and other sugary tobacco-themed products in his city.

"We enforce this on a complaint basis," Humphrey said." This isn't taking time away from any major enforcement [actions]."

Paul Walsh -- 612-673-4482

**Zaphod** · 12-26-2012, 06:22 PM

Candy is a gateway drug.

**heavyiron** · 12-26-2012, 06:51 PM

They should just sell real tobacco products....

**theCaptn'** · 12-26-2012, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by heavyiron

They should just sell real tobacco products....

. . . and pre-loaded meth pipes with complementary blowjobs!

**coolhandjames** · 12-26-2012, 07:38 PM

Just realized Bdeljoose is same as Beetlejuice....

Negged whole thread.

**charley** · 12-27-2012, 02:12 AM

............'Candy is Dandy but Liquor is Quicker'.........

**Swfl** · 12-27-2012, 02:53 AM

Originally Posted by Zaphod

Candy is a gateway drug.

I started with pixie sticks around 5 yrs old, then stepped up to coke by 7... The soda was a bitch to snort, but it helped if you use a straw. Then I heard coke was available in a powder and have never looked back. Thanks mom and dad for those first "TREATS"

**Curt James** · 12-27-2012, 06:15 AM

Originally Posted by Zaphod

Candy is a gateway drug.

To insulin?

Definitely had my share of candy cigarettes growing up.

Does the image appear in the OP's post? Or here?

[img]http://stmedia.startribune.com/images/400*400/1cigs.jpg[/img]

**theCaptn'** · 12-27-2012, 06:26 AM

Originally Posted by Curt James

To insulin?

Definitely had my share of candy cigarettes growing up.

Does the image appear in the OP's post? Or here?

[img]http://stmedia.startribune.com/images/400*400/1cigs.jpg[/img]

We had these bad boys:

**mooch2321** · 12-27-2012, 10:04 AM

what is wrong with our fucking country! ???

**IronAddict** · 12-27-2012, 10:16 AM

Just a bit late by about 40 yrs! Well, there's really no point in getting kids hooked on tobacco anymore, because their not going to have much of a future!

**heckler7** · 12-27-2012, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by Curt James

To insulin?

Definitely had my share of candy cigarettes growing up.

Does the image appear in the OP's post? Or here?

[img]http://stmedia.startribune.com/images/400*400/1cigs.jpg[/img]

once you start pinning slin your in it for life

**longworthb** · 12-27-2012, 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by theCaptn'

We had these bad boys:

Lmao we had something like that. They tried to make them look like real cig packs back in the day. I remember my favorite was strikes and the package looked damn close to lucky strikes

**IronAddict** · 12-27-2012, 11:03 AM

Ah, just start selling MJ ice cream, and watch that shit sell faster than candy!

25G ((2 table spoons or 1/4 of a stick)) Butter
18FL OZ Single Cream
75g sugar
Pinch salt
1/4 Ounce Crumbled hash
OR
10G crushed bud
15OZ Bananas
3 Tablespoons Rum
5 Tablespoons Honey
Directions:
One of the best ways to consume pot and satisfy your munchies at the same time is to eat it as ice cream. Gently ((!!!)) heating cannabis with cream is an extremely effecient way of maximizing the extraction of the THC components of cannabis. And storing the ice cream in the freezer will maintain it's potency for months to come. However, to get the best results, use hash rather then grass in the recipe.

Heat the cream in a saucepan until nearly boiling. In a second saucepan melt the butter with the sugar and salt. Hear the hash with a flame and crumble it into the melted butter, stirring all the while. Then whisk the cream with the butter.
Peel the bananas. Put them into a large bowl and mash em up. Add cream, rum, and honey. You can add other stuff for flavor if you want, oreos, nuts, etc. Beat well to mix. Pour mixture into a chilled shallow plastic container. Cover and freeze for a few hours until the mixture is a mushy consistancy. Turn out mixture into a chilled bowl. Whisk until smooth.
Return the mixture to the container, cover, and freeze until firm. Transfer to the fridge 30 minutes before serving to soften it up.

SERVES SIX

**blergs.** · 12-27-2012, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by theCaptn'

We had these bad boys:

I still get these but its popeye on cover, only now 15yrs later they don't make the tips red... thats all..... use dot love them! lol ? I dont smoke (tobacco) Im in Canada

**Curt James** · 12-28-2012, 01:12 AM

Originally Posted by Curt James

To insulin?

Definitely had my share of candy cigarettes growing up.

Does the image appear in the OP's post? Or here?

[img]http://stmedia.startribune.com/images/400*400/1cigs.jpg[/img]

It didn't.

Added it to the OP's post and posting it here so it is...
BIGGER!

**Curt James** · 12-28-2012, 01:12 AM

^^^^ I said BIGGER, GDI! grrr

**swollen** · 12-28-2012, 06:09 AM

Originally Posted by blergs.

I still get these but its popeye on cover, only now 15yrs later they don't make the tips red... thats all..... use dot love them! lol ? I dont smoke (tobacco) Im in Canada

I remember the tips of 'em bein red. I also remember the candy cigs were kinda nasty

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