'Light,' 'Mild' Cigarette Labels Outlawed

FDA ban on flavored smokes goes into effect today
By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff
Posted Jun 24, 2010 5:00 AM CDT
'Light,' 'Mild' Cigarette Labels Outlawed
These flavored cigarettes are now on the wrong side of the law.   (AP Photo/Steve Helber, file)

If a toffee-flavored cigarette is your idea of a good smoke, you should have stocked up earlier this week. New FDA regulations banning candy-flavored, fruit-flavored, clove-flavored, or any other kind of flavored cigarettes bar menthol have now come into effect, Consumerist reports. The new regulations also ban cigarette makers from using terms like "mild" or "light" for their product, meaning Camel Lights are now Camel Blues.
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