Utah public health officials anticipate more childhood poisonings if flavored tobacco products that look like mints and candy are sold in Utah. They aren’t in Utah yet — tobacco companies are testing them in other markets — and they may never be on the market here. Lawmakers will consider a ban of “flavored tobacco products” other than cigarettes and cigars. HB170 hasn’t been assigned to a committee. In a news conference Thu ... Jump to full article >>

One out of three teenagers younger than 18 mistakenly identified a new type of smokeless tobacco product as candy or gum in a survey conducted by a Virginia tobacco-prevention group. Conducted last year by student volunteers with the Virginia Foundation for Healthy Youth, the survey asked about 1,400 people, including 728 younger than 18, to identify package images for several types of novel, smokeless tobacco products, along with package images ... Jump to full article >>

Nicotine pellets — flavored with cinnamon or mint — resemble candy and may result in accidental nicotine poisoning in children, U.S. researchers said. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. produces dissolvable Camel Orbs, which promotional literature says contains 1 milligram of nicotine per pellet as well as Camel Strips, which contain 0.6 mg of nicotine per strip and Sticks, which contain 3.1 mg of nicotine per strip. The products, sold as tob ... Jump to full article >>