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Cigarettes are a commodity
From 1969 until cigarette advertising on television was prohibited in 1971, television advertising was an important component
Carcinogenic Nitrosamines : A group of cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco and tobacco smoke, contributing to the long-term health risks associated with smoking
For example, Pall Mall becomes Pell Mell, Camel becomes Cemal,and Lucky Strike becomes Bucky Strike. Many candy cigarette advertisements work to convince kids that they can be just as grown up as their role models, with chocolate cigarettes, for example, which look just like Dads! Although these products clearly desensitize children to smoking by normalizing cigarette usage amongst younger generations, efforts to outlaw candy cigarettes in the United States (both in 1970 and again in 1991) have been unsuccessful