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EDITORIAL - Cigarettes aren't candy: Feds rightly stub out a product that kids like  

If you want children to try an unfamiliar food, put some sugar on it. That was always Grandma's solution for convincing tiny mouths to take that first bite of grapefruit. Food manufacturers have been doing the same thing for years, witness the crunchy, sweet glaze on otherwise healthy but bland shredded wheat.

Cigarette manufacturers have used a similar approach by offering flavored cigarettes -- strawberry, chocolate, lime, toffee, to name a few -- but no more.

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