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"Apparently they&amp;#x27;re making nicotine candy these days (news to me!). Some say it&amp;#x27;s a way for smokers to cut back, but here&amp;#x27;s the problem: Kids are eating the stuff and winding up in hospitals for nicotine poisoning. Should this stuff be taken off the market? NBC News is reporting that nicotine-laced pellets, strips and sticks--called &amp;amp;#8220;tobacco candy&amp;amp;#8221; by some--have become a danger to kids. Between 2006 and 2008, nearly 1,800 U.S. youngsters accidentally ate this so-called &amp;quot;candy&amp;quot; according to data from from poison control centers. A new study in the journal Pediatrics makes an argument for these products to be pulled from the market. I had no idea that there was such a thing as tobacco candy, and yeah, I&amp;#x27;d be in favor of seeing it be yanked. Kids have candy radar--they can find it anywhere. What do you think? P.S. More proof that cigarettes are the devil. Check out the health controversy surrounding these so-called &amp;quot;healthy cigarettes.&amp;quot; Plus, have you ever tried a cigarette? How old were you when you did? More Ways to Get Glamour Visit Shopglamour.com for cute stuff starting at just $10! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Add us to your iGoogle homepage Photo: Camel via MSNBC"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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