Camel Orbs Could Draw Attention to Menthol Tobacco Products
Camel Orbs- a new product being test marketed by tobacco company R.J. Reynolds- could draw attention to the cause to ban menthol flavored tobacco products if early response gives any indication. The new product has already prompted critical response to the effect that it resembles candy, and therefore could appeal to children. The FDA has already banned cigarettes that were made with flavors seen as appealing to children such as clove, fruit and other candy flavors to help prevent cigarettes from appealing to children and make them less attractive to adults who didn’t like the taste of regular cigarettes.
Camel Orbs are mints that contain tobacco and nicotine and, according to the company, are intended for use by adults seeking an alternative to cigarettes. Despite information to the contrary many see the product as something that children could easily find appealing and want to try, an opinion that’s also held for Camel Sticks and Strips, two other products intended as alternatives to cigarettes created by the company. Orbs are being test marketed in the Columbus Ohio area and while they can’t be legally sold to anyone under the legal smoking age of 18 they’re still considered a potential hazard to children who could easily be drawn to try their parent’s or ask an older teen to buy the mints for them. The temptation to ingest more than one at a time (the mints are small and have a strong mint flavoring that could be seen as overpowering the nicotine in the product) could affect adults and children as well.
Tobacco products have faced a great deal of scrutiny in the last few years and recent laws have begun to affect tobacco companies enough to prompt lawsuits that attempt to subvert the FDA’s regulation of tobacco.
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