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FADS Fun Sticks, formerly known as FAGS, and later FADS, are a brand of candy cigarette made by Riviera Confectionery (a division of Fyna Foods Australia) in Victoria, Australia.
Controversy
Originally called Fags (a former British/Australian slang for cigarettes), many people complained that Fags was promoting smoking to children. Because of this, Fags changed the name to Fads (which means a trend craze) and removed the red tip. In the early 2000s, Fads changed the box art and once again changed their name to Fads Fun Sticks, completely disassociating with the original candy cigarette.
The original candies were modelled after cigarettes, thin white sticks with a red tip to resemble a lit end. The red tip was later removed during the 1990s with the name change after the controversy.