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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACDSkCeEfWs

CBS) In today's "Healthwatch," smoking Smarties - is this trend just eye candy or a health risk to your child?

It's a fad growing at schools across the country. Due in large part to its popularity on video sites like YouTube. Smoking Smarties gives children the appearance of a smoker's exhale. The videos posted on YouTube even provide viewers with a how-to.

With this fad come health risks. And because of them, some school administrators are taking action.

In an e-mail to parents, Phyllis Faust, Interim Principal at Hewitt-Trussville Middle School in Trussville, Ala., wrote: "Due to the potential danger, I have made it clear to our students that possession of Smarties (or similar candy) will result in a Class II offense."

A Class II offense at Hewitt-Trussville Middle School means detention.

Pediatrician Dr. Lisa Thornton sat down with Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez to discuss the health risks associated with this disturbing fad.

"If you look at the behaviors this is promoting, it's promoting this pre-smoking behavior. There's this whole ritual around how these kids do this, and it looks like smoking. So I'm concerned that the next step is smoking," Thornton said.

Thornton demonstrated how the "Smoking Smarties" are made. The Smarties are crushed up and opened on one end, and then partially opened on the other end like a cigarette. Then they puff the sugar into their mouth and then let it come out, which looks like they are smoking.

"Could that harm them physically?" Rodriguez asked.

"Well, that can't, but what some of them do, and you'll see this on some videos, they actually inhale it like a cigarette, and that puts sugar in your lungs, and you'll cough because that's what your lungs do as they try to clear out anything foreign that gets in there, but yeah, you shouldn't be inhaling sugar into your lungs. But the health risk of sugar is the least of their problems," Thornton said.

Thornton, who has three children, ages 17, 10 and 8, suggests talking to your kids at an early age - as young as 6, 7, 8.

"You can start talking about it. And when you're somewhere and kids smell the smoke, they'll notice that it's irritating and they don't like it. And you can discuss that that's something that we don't do, that's very dangerous. My kids are all very tuned into this. They know that this is a big health risk. So, I hope that kids don't start doing this and then making it a cigarette instead," Thornton said.

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Wow, this is worse than when kids in my class were smoking pretzels...

It is nice that they are trying to shape the kids...but taking the route of the great anti-cigarette gods got old way back in the 80's. My sisters class did a little skit in 7th grade...if the gatorade would colored a light brown with no stickers on the bottles I could have sworn it was a drunken fight scene. But who care if kids drink...not many people.

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Omg they're just kids.

lol

And its just sugar.

Even though sugar in anything isn't good for the body and its absorbing of key vitamins and minerals,

Its just as bad as CANDY CIGARETTES.

kids...will ALWAYS be kids....

jeez at least hes not on there teaching others his age how to roll a joint.

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My friend in high school used to snort sugar. I'm not so sure that was the smartest idea in the world.

Some guys in my high school used to snort equal and nutrasweet packets. Dumb, but in the grand scheme of things, it's still smarter than doing real drugs.

Hmmm,notice the racist comments below the video.

Yeah. :ohmy:

The lack of intelligence displayed by the average person who comments on youtube really frightens me some days.

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Hmmm,notice the racist comments below the video.

And...that has to do with...what? One idiot and that is what you gravitate to...those people are looking for attention and giving it to them is stupid. Now, there is something else that gets my goat...people that search for racism, even accidental racism, and start shouting and pointing. How to keep racism alive 101 must be a popular class...

This is just stupid no matter who does it...I am even a smoker and I do not want kids to smoke...at least until they are old enough to make their own choices...if we are still allowed to make them at that time...

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And...that has to do with...what? One idiot and that is what you gravitate to...those people are looking for attention and giving it to them is stupid. Now, there is something else that gets my goat...people that search for racism, even accidental racism, and start shouting and pointing. How to keep racism alive 101 must be a popular class...

This is just stupid no matter who does it...I am even a smoker and I do not want kids to smoke...at least until they are old enough to make their own choices...if we are still allowed to make them at that time...

It happens.

A racist comment is easy to gravitate to.

But then again.....racism is a joke....theres only one race and its humanity.

And again...its candy.

I pretended to smoke cigarettes when I was a kid.

Want it to stop?

Stop smoking yourself.

One less person to pose as an example.

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And...that has to do with...what? One idiot and that is what you gravitate to...those people are looking for attention and giving it to them is stupid. Now, there is something else that gets my goat...people that search for racism, even accidental racism, and start shouting and pointing. How to keep racism alive 101 must be a popular class...

This is just stupid no matter who does it...I am even a smoker and I do not want kids to smoke...at least until they are old enough to make their own choices...if we are still allowed to make them at that time...

You know what,I read the comment for a laugh,and its the stupid American that wrote that on there,so grow up with your ass-uming,it got old the day it started.youtube comments are usually a "no holds bar" drama anyway.

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You know what,I read the comment for a laugh,and its the stupid American that wrote that on there,so grow up with your ass-uming,it got old the day it started.youtube comments are usually a "no holds bar" drama anyway.

He made a valid point...no need to get overly defensive.

Anyway....smoking candy is fun....I tried it...and YUM!

xD

I'm on topic I'm on topic!

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It happens.

A racist comment is easy to gravitate to.

But then again.....racism is a joke....theres only one race and its humanity.

And again...its candy.

I pretended to smoke cigarettes when I was a kid.

Want it to stop?

Stop smoking yourself.

One less person to pose as an example.

Well, the rate of underate and younger smokers has fallen like a rock since the 90's so I am not really worried about it. I don't see myself as cool when I do it and I will bet my life on the fact that very few children ever see me smoke. Since the bans people keep saying that now kids can see the smokers more than before...but they just have to deal with that because when people are young they will be exposed to alot...and it is the job of their parents to teach them all that they can...it is not my job to do anything different.

I love my cigarettes...even to the point where I sleep with them...that is not weird in any way either...

Also, nobody talks about rolling tobacco smoke out of their mouths...that would be weed...and even though I support weed I don't want kids to do that at an early age either.

My big beef right now is with alcohol...they have become shameless and are getting away with it...

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Well, the rate of underate and younger smokers has fallen like a rock since the 90's so I am not really worried about it. I don't see myself as cool when I do it and I will bet my life on the fact that very few children ever see me smoke. Since the bans people keep saying that now kids can see the smokers more than before...but they just have to deal with that because when people are young they will be exposed to alot...and it is the job of their parents to teach them all that they can...it is not my job to do anything different.

I love my cigarettes...even to the point where I sleep with them...that is not weird in any way either...

Also, nobody talks about rolling tobacco smoke out of their mouths...that would be weed...and even though I support weed I don't want kids to do that at an early age either.

My big beef right now is with alcohol...they have become shameless and are getting away with it...

I hate cigarettes.

I'm bias against them.

This said....I make a disclaimer.

I mean you no offense.

YOU no offense....the use.....oh yeah I wish I could destroy every cigarette on this planet and leave every smoker barren.

and its just....because I have reactive asthma...and the mere smell makes me puff up like a bloated puffer fish.

As for children and their exposure....

You're right.

I was just a tad put off by the racist comment....

It happens...its America....

That said.

Lets gravitate towards the fact that the kid is smoking smarties...not cigarettes NOR weed....and its sugar.

YAY no harm... YAY hes just being a kid.

OMG its the end of the world!

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIEEAAAAHH!

hehe

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I hate cigarettes.

I'm bias against them.

This said....I make a disclaimer.

I mean you no offense.

YOU no offense....the use.....oh yeah I wish I could destroy every cigarette on this planet and leave every smoker barren.

and its just....because I have reactive asthma...and the mere smell makes me puff up like a bloated puffer fish.

As for children and their exposure....

You're right.

I was just a tad put off by the racist comment....

It happens...its America....

That said.

Lets gravitate towards the fact that the kid is smoking smarties...not cigarettes NOR weed....and its sugar.

YAY no harm... YAY hes just being a kid.

OMG its the end of the world!

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIEEAAAAHH!

hehe

I have a friend that reacts to cigarettes. If people need me to I can hold off for up to a week.

I still think its weird that they are smoking the candy...they should be EATING the candy because candy kicks ASS! I also wonder if the risk of getting a cavity from this is lower than it is for people that just eat it...can your lungs get cavities too? Probably not...

They are wasting small particles of perfectly good candy goodness!

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I have a friend that reacts to cigarettes. If people need me to I can hold off for up to a week.

I still think its weird that they are smoking the candy...they should be EATING the candy because candy kicks ASS! I also wonder if the risk of getting a cavity from this is lower than it is for people that just eat it...can your lungs get cavities too? Probably not...

They are wasting small particles of perfectly good candy goodness!

ZOMG CANDY APOCALYPSE!

AHHHHh!!!!!

:)

I have good friends who smoke.

I don't mind...as long as I can't smell it.

I do however like to pick on them about how their gonna diaaaahhhh....lol...but Its all in good fun.

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