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Remember candy cigarettes? They were a sweetshop staple when I was growing up: thin white sticks of chalky candy, stacked in a carton to look just like grownup cigarettes. Naturally we all pretended to smoke them, before eventually losing interest and eating them. For the full effect, the village shop also sold cans of Top Deck lager-and-lime-flavoured fizzy pop. Pretend kiddie booze, to go with pretend kiddie fags.

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