Candy cigarettes
Many years ago when I was just a kid we could buy candy cigarettes. They came in a package that looked like real cigarettes. As I remember most of them had a wintergreen flavor--much like lifesavers. I loved them.
We would pretend we were smoking them until they got so sticky and then we ate them. Then we would get out a fresh one--much like real smokers do.
I am shocked as I remember that my mother would allow us to pretend we were smoking. She was so firmly against smoking, at least for women, that I can't imagine why she let us do that. My Dad smoked a pipe and cigars all of my life and she never seemed to think anything of that. But if a woman smoked, she was doomed for Hell! Anyway, she never said anything about us pretending we smoked. I guess she ignored that we were pretending to smoke and just knew it was candy that we ate in the end!
I don't know if candy cigarettes are still on the market or not. I assume they must be because I saw them on Google. I think that they should be outlawed because they may encourage kids to smoke. But they are a real taste treat!
I must confess, I loved them too! I don't think it encouraged people to smoke because I loved the candy cigarettes but I've NEVER had the urge to smoke! nh
ReplyDeleteI loved the candy cigarettes, too. Grandma's attitude reminds me of what Joe McCollum used to say when he saw a woman smoking... "Look at that cigarette-sucking Jezebel!" Joe's been gone a long time now, but Gene will still laugh and say, "Look at that cigarette-sucking Jezebel" when we see a woman smoking a cigarette.
ReplyDelete