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Topic: Old fashioned candy store
threatened with fine
for selling SUGAR cigarettes |
Old fashioned candy store
threatened with fine
for selling SUGAR cigarettes
Daily Mail (UK), by Staff
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Original Article
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Posted By:JoniTx, 12/27/2012 9:18:39 AM
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| Owners of an old-school soda shop in St. Paul, Minnesota, have been warned to kick the habit and stop stocking novelty candy cigarettes. City inspectors threatened a misdemeanor citation and $500 fine if Lynden´s soda fountain is caught selling the fake smokes again. The Star Tribune reported on Wednesday that the offering violated an ordinance barring the sale of candy smokes and cartoon character lighters, which has been in place for nearly three years.A city spokesman said the warning came after inspectors received and looked into a complaint about the presence of the tobacco-themed products.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
uno, 12/27/2012 9:26:56 AM (No. 9085543)
In light of all the other things we have to worry about with our kids this one has got to rank at the bottom of the list! Liberals are just plain nuts over the control of other people´s lives and money!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
leopardtwo, 12/27/2012 9:29:14 AM (No. 9085548)
Shucks! There goes our idea for selling chocolate-covered nougat mini-´assault´ rifles.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
kanphil, 12/27/2012 9:38:09 AM (No. 9085576)
One more item for the "Government Run Amok" journal.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
right-turn, 12/27/2012 9:57:01 AM (No. 9085625)
These brainless twits are paid with tax money and all they do is stick their collective noses into your life
My question .... when are you .. the taxpayer ... going to do something about it?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Cat Ballou, 12/27/2012 9:58:18 AM (No. 9085629)
This great nation is quickly becoming a joke because of the silly people running it & the stupid people that put them there. Reminds me of the study of 5 monkeys put in a cage with a banana. The complete government needs to be replaced & that includes all the little bureaucrats sitting at their desks pushing papers. The whole system needs to be destroyed, like chemo on cancer.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Country Boy, 12/27/2012 10:00:49 AM (No. 9085636)
We used to have those things when we were kids. But none of us ever started smoking real cigarettes.
Not a valid cause and effect.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
wilko, 12/27/2012 10:02:19 AM (No. 9085640)
It could lead to fake death from fake lung cancer. Beware.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
whitegoldwing, 12/27/2012 10:04:46 AM (No. 9085648)
This is a very small shop right accross the street from Cretin High School. For those of you not from Minnesota, these are the types of laws that the left continues to give us.
I hope this gives this shop a lot of publicity so they get a huge influx of revenue.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
ramona, 12/27/2012 10:17:06 AM (No. 9085672)
There is a wonderful 5 &10 store in western New York that sells all kinds of nostalgic items. Here´s the owner, Don Vidler, in his commercial for candy cigarettes: http://tinyurl.com/d7lw9qn
These are just plain great people who have captured a marketing niche by offering a wide variety of necessities, nostalgia, and clever ads. I think I´ll send the cigarette ad to those idiots in St. Paul. Along with this blast from the past, with deadpan Bev as Don´s sidekick. http://tinyurl.com/cxm5da5
Enjoy!
Ramona (the Pest)
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Pearson365, 12/27/2012 10:19:42 AM (No. 9085678)
Will the 1930 - 1950 period movies shown on Turner Classic / TCM be airbrushed to remove offensive cigarettes? The actor´s hand would move to/from his lips but there would be no visible cigarette, just the physical movements of mouth, jaw and fingers. Would be just as weird as banning candy cigarettes.
Or, perhaps a new motion picture rating could be applied, C, meaning anyone under the legal age of smoking would be banned from watching,
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
nonsense, 12/27/2012 10:29:26 AM (No. 9085697)
Thanks so much Romana, the candy ad was great. The Left is stealing our America one piece of candy at a time. Time to call a halt to the silly and incredibly stupid war on anything the Left objects to.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
farmwife, 12/27/2012 10:44:20 AM (No. 9085726)
Well, they will soon be able to make up the difference in revenue by selling marijuana.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
JoniTx, 12/27/2012 10:53:17 AM (No. 9085753)
Thanks for those clips #9. What a hoot, takes one back to the past. GREAT ads!! Vidler´s.....It sure does look like a fantastic 5 & 10-cent store!
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw, 12/27/2012 11:30:11 AM (No. 9085852)
They aren´t cigs, they are joints so its ok. I used to like the candies but I guess now the nannies think only the real thing should be sold. I would think the candy was better but I don´t have a warped leftist mind.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Illinois Mom, 12/27/2012 11:49:58 AM (No. 9085906)
We "smoked" candy cigrettes all the time and I´ve never even lit up a real one.
Better not let them know that pretzel sticks were often used as fake cigars.
Of course they probably have already been banned for their salt content.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Grambo, 12/27/2012 12:00:45 PM (No. 9085936)
Think what 30 of those in ginger bread magazine for a chocolate AR15 would bring you!
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