Every so often, 18-year-old Jeremy Froncek sneaks in a smoking break. "I smoke around the house, outside of work, the movie theater," said Froncek. But he's not puffing cigarettes. He's smoking candy!

Some of you are no doubt too young to remember them. They came in two forms when I was a kid in the late 60's. The first was a hard white candy stick the same length as a standard filtered cigarette ...

New research suggests that playing with candy cigarettes may favorably set the minds of some children towards becoming future cigarette smokers. New research suggests that playing with candy ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Confectioners have been innovating candies for millennia, and some candies have had a purpose beyond satisfying a sweet tooth. For instance, ...

June, National Candy Month, is described by the National Confectioners Association as “a time to celebrate the authentic, fun treats that candy companies have been producing for more than 100 years.” ...

Fourth and fifth-grade students in the US have been caught smoking and inhaling crushed Fun Dip and Smarties candy. At least 31 students at Fountain Inn Elementary School were caught by faculty ...

The people who make Smarties have a message for middle schoolers everywhere: Chew the candies, don't crush and snort them. I had a chance to catch up with Eric Ostrow, the vice president for sales and ...

Remember those chalky white sticks wrapped in paper that looked exactly like cigarettes? For kids in the '70s and '80s, candy ...