{"id":3667,"date":"2007-09-30T16:37:04","date_gmt":"2007-09-30T23:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/09\/30\/serious-question-for-everyone-about-tobacco\/"},"modified":"2007-09-30T16:37:04","modified_gmt":"2007-09-30T23:56:52","slug":"serious-question-for-everyone-about-tobacco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=3667","title":{"rendered":"Serious Question for Everyone About Tobacco"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m stepping outside the usual fare because I saw something a few weeks ago that surprised me, and I was curious what others thought. I walked into a local discount store, and the first thing I saw was Big League Chew. For those who are unfamiliar, Big League Chew is bubble gum that is made to resemble chewing tobacco. It was really popular when I was a child, and at that time, chewing tobacco was popular with baseball players, so the idea was that if you had Big League Chew you could be popular like your baseball heroes. As the popularity of tobacco has declined, I haven’t seen this product as readily advertised or promoted–the same for candy cigarettes ((Apparently there are also marijuana candies, but I’ve only seen them when a local TV station did an expose a few years ago.)). However, I was under the impression that these products are not only less popular today, but illegal. I personally wouldn’t support a law against pseudo-tobacco products for kids because I think it’s too much government intervention, but I would be more than happy to launch a boycott or letter writing campaign against companies who produce and distribute pseudo-alcohol, tobacco, and drug products to children. I’m not sure what correlation there is between the use of pseudo-tobacco\/alcohol\/drug products as a child, and subsequent use of tobacco\/alcohol\/drugs as an adult. What do you think?<\/p>\n

Would you allow your kids to buy these products? Do you think the products should be banned? Do you think they affect children’s likelihood of using the “real thing” when they get older?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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