SUMMIT COUNTY, Colo. ” A Summit Middle School nurse’s October post to an online industry mailing list led to a front-page story ” about kids “smoking” the candy Smarties like cigarettes ” in the Wall ...

Today's Oregonian features a story about middle school students in Hillsboro "smoking Smarties," which involves sucking the sugar dust of the tablet-like candies and blowing it out like smoke. While ...

Every so often, 18-year-old Jeremy Froncek sneaks in a smoking break. "I smoke around the house, outside of work, the movie theater," said Froncek. But he's not puffing cigarettes. He's smoking candy!

***UPDATE: Fox News is all over the smartie-smoking beat, and they include this disturbing warning from Mayo Clinic nose specialist Oren Friedman: …frequent use could lead to infections or even worse, ...

Just say no to... "smoking" Smarties? It's apparently the newest fad among America's youth. YouTube video shows kids teaching other kids how to do it. They crush up the candy, inhale the powder, then ...

What happens when people use your brand in unconventional ways? Sometimes you end up with the Diet Coke and Mentos experiments. Sometimes you get "How to Smoke Smarties." In the latest example of a ...

Most parents of middle school-aged children are prepared to talk to their kids about bullying, drugs, drinking and even sex. But Smarties snorting? Yup. Add this bizarre practice to the list of things ...