The youth friendly line of flavored tobacco cigarettes including “Twista Lime” and “Mocha Taboo” are being pulled. RJ Reynolds agreed to the U.S. ban after months of recent controversy.

Critics argue that these cigarettes were developed to be marketed to youths. At $5.99 a pack, I hardly agree. The company has agreed to stop giving ‘candy, friut, dessert, or alcohol’ related names to its’ cigarettes. New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer also made a statement that the company must distontinue use of scratch and sniff samples. “Candy-flavored cigarettes can now join Joe Camel on the ash heap of defunct tobacco marketing schemes,” said Donald Distasio of the American Cancer Society of New York and New Jersey. “This is a tremendous victory.” Read