The practice of smoking Smarties involves crushing the candy into a powder and inhaling it through the end of the oblong wrapper giving the appearance of inhaling and exhaling smoke. In fact these Smarties smokers arent playing with matches.
DO NOT EAT COOKIE DOUGHThis years message came with all the expected parts.
Is smoking smarties bad for you. Even though smoking Smarties may be a fun thing to do with your Smarties candy it can cause harm to you and your body. The ingredients in Smarties are dextrose citric acid used as a flavor enhancer corn syrup solids artificial favors maltodextrine a food additive and calcium stearate C 36 H 70 CaO 4. The danger caused by smoking or snorting Smarties is that the particles from the tablets can be inhaled into the nose lungs or any other respiratory body pa Continue Reading The ingredients in Smarties are dextrose citric acid used as a flavor enhancer corn syrup solids artificial flavors maltodextrin a food additive and calcium stearate C36H70CaO4.
While it may seem like just a foolish fad smoking Smarties can pose serious health risks both in terms of physical health and future risk-taking behaviors. The practice of smoking Smarties involves crushing the candy into a powder and inhaling it through the end of the oblong wrapper giving the appearance of inhaling and exhaling smoke. The next new stupid things kids do alert for parents.
Kids and others whom feel the need to inhale sharp crystals NOT vapor into ones lungs should see. Doctors are warning kids across the country to stop smoking Smarties – a fad they say can lead to infections chronic coughing choking and. Smoking Smarties gives children the appearance of a smokers exhale.
The videos posted on YouTube even provide viewers with a how-to. With this fad come health risks. In fact these Smarties smokers arent playing with matches.
And no one thinks there is anything remotely drug-like in the Smarties that would make anybody high Kind of a nerdy version of bad-a behavior when you think about it. The worst that happens is coughing and irritation. Kids online videos showing how to smoke Smarties candy cause concern for health and addiction to real smoking.
Pediatrician Lisa Thornton talks to Maggie. Irritation of the lungs smoking or snorting Smarties can lead to a smokers cough which can cause laryngospasms causing the voice box to. Smoking it is bad enough even like this you can get lunge cancer.
Inhaling Smarties is possibly bad for your lungs but I really doubt it is equal to anthrax. Its kind of sad seeing people actually doing this. Whats really sad is seeing people trying to look smart.
It might depend where you live but smoking Smarties does not appear to be illegal - but it is extremely unhealthy. It can cause cause infections coughing and choking. Middle schoolers who snort Smarties candy may be at risk for nasal and lung problems or even death as a result of a severe allergic reaction.
Justin SmithWikimedia Commons CC-By-SA-30 A dangerous trend among middle schoolers may soon prompt parents convenience stores and pharmacies to hide their Smarties candy stash. But what you might not know is that some smokable tobacco products are kinda sorta worse for your health than others although every single one is absolutely terrible for you. Below youll find every smokable tobacco product ranked from bad to worse at least according to current research.
We have experienced an unsafe new trend among our middle school students – smoking or snorting the candy Smarties reads the document. For the past few years typically around the winter holidays the Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention have issued the same upsetting yet easily ignored warning. DO NOT EAT COOKIE DOUGHThis years message came with all the expected parts.
Statistics about salmonella bacteria and E. Coli and the stern implication that if you give into the temptation to eat a smidge of raw.