EU The EU wants to ban CANDY now?

[Ken_A]

The EU wants to ban CANDY now?

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Lakridspibe-direktør: »Jeg troede først, det var en vittighed« - Politiken.dk


is this real? I don't know if this is a joke site like the onion. According to the article, the EU wants to ban any candy that resembles a tobacco product.

 

[gayhalo]

We over here know the EU are nuts...... This has just advertised it to the rest of the world. In the UK we would leave tomorrow if we were given the choice.

 

[WarHawk-AVG]

Gonna have to start referring to "the nanny state" or "being banned" as being "Bloomberged"

You like sodas? "Yeah...before they got bloomberged"
I used to have eat candy until they were bloomberged.
wow...you have a sharp pointy stick, aren't those bloomberged?
Someone got bloomberged from the forum
You can't park there...it's a bloomberg zone

See...it works

 

[tommy2bad]

Sweet cigarettes have been banned here in Ireland for years now, This is probably a real idea. The theory is that candy cigs are advertising for brands and model smoking behavior in young kids.
True it is, I remember sucking on these things until some concerned adult would tut tut, then I'd eat the whole thing!

 

[bunnomatic]

I would try eating a few cigs (unlit of course )but for some strange reason I just don't think it will bring back any fond memories about candy. I guess I'll just have to stick to eating Junior Mints until Bloomberg finds out I like candy and bans it.

 

[AgentAnia]

Sounds like the Danes aren't going to take this lying down; evidently licorice pipes are a favorite candy there. One politician suggested they'd simply turn it upside down and start calling it a licorice showerhead.

If they push this vendetta much farther, the WHO tobacco controlistas are going to become a worldwide laughingstock...

 

[Talyon]

Both the candy pipe and the candy smoke have been banned in Canada for years.

Sad but true.

 

[tommy2bad]

This is part of the TPD going through the EU Parliament at the moment;
REPORT on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States concerning the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and rel

Amendment 19

(18b) The FCTC in article 16 points to the responsibility of Parties to the Convention to address products aimed at underage consumers, such as food products and toys in the form of tobacco products that may be appealing to minors. In recent years, several products, such as shisha vaping sticks, have been placed on the market that do not contain nicotine but have the form of cigarettes and try to imitate the smoking process through vaporising substances, the harmless nature of which is not yet scientifically proven, and through an electric light imitating the burning process of a cigarette. Such products are clearly produced to be appealing to young and underage consumers, and are increasingly popular by minors in several Member States. Increasing concern is expressed at the habits created by young consumers and minors by the use of such imitation cigarettes. Therefore, these products should be prohibited through this directive.

 

[ckc]

And I still think they've done this so they can take every single 'vape' product off the shelves.

 

[calico21]

Haven't candy cigs been banned in the us for a couple decades? I remember hearing about it ages ago.

Ooops, sorry. There was one in Dakota, but it looks like they just renamed them and the beat goes on...