MSNBC News – New smokeless tobacco products with candy-like flavors and packaging may be contributing to accidental poisonings in small children, according to research published recently in the journal Pediatrics.

Nicotine-laced pellets, strips and sticks that dissolve completely in the user’s mouth – dubbed “tobacco candy” by critics – have joined chewing tobacco and snuff to become the second-most common cause of unintentional tobacco ingestion in kids younger than 6. In fact, between 2006 and 2008, nearly 600 U.S. children accidentally ingested smokeless tobacco products each year.

While tobacco critics point the blame toward tobacco companies for making these products appealing to children, the tobacco industry points to adult users’ negligence. Read More.