History of childhood candy cigarette use is associated with tobacco smoking by adults

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Jonathan Klein of the University of Rochester and colleagues surveyed 25,887 U.S. adults from the Harris Poll Online (HPOL) and found that 12 percent of current and former smokers had never used candy cigarettes, compared to 22 percent of adults who never smoked. Findings suggest that playing with candy cigarettes may favorably set the minds of children towards becoming future cigarette smokers.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2007.04.006

Comment: It's disheartening to discover that something so seemingly innocent as candy can have such ramifications in later years.