Talk:Smarties (tablet candy)

message: http://image.orientaltrading.com/otcimg/k26.jpg  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.113.206.138 (talk) 15:41, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This is explained here - it appears that they are made but not sold in Canada (at least under the Smarties name). -SCEhardT 17:15, 21 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "Smarties" is a trademarked name of a chocolate candy in Canada and hence when sold in Canada they are sold as rockets.  However when being made for export they are labled "smarties", probably because  rockets is trademarked by someone else in the US. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mystic eye (talk • contribs) 17:27, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Older comments

message: They are the same as Fizzers in the UK, not refreshers.
Refreshers are a chew bar!—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.153.199.50 (talk • contribs).
:Well now, it turns out that everybody's right: they're similar to both Fizzers and Refreshers, but there's also another Refreshers which is a chew bar.  Just see this  search at aquarterof.co.uk.  —Blotwell 19:50, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: UK?

message: The Parma Violets article states that this candy, as well as Parma Violets, are the same type as the Refreshers candy by the same company. The only Swizzels Matlow candy I've ever seen called Refresher's is Matlow's Refreshers, a chewy candy akin to the Drumstick and Snap & Crackle candies. Also, Refreshers redirects to this article, and this article doesn't even mention Refreshers, nor is this candy made by Swizzels Matlow... Anyone know why? Should Refreshers, given that it doesn't have an article of its own, just redirect to Swizzels Matlow? This needs to be fixed. --Ifrit 11:58, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Refreshers? 

message: Anybody know why they are called Smarties?  This is a question from my 4 yr old?!  Thanks!  71.64.29.130 21:32, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I can speculate they are called Smarties because Smarties was/is a popular candy and Europe and possibly by taking the same name, boost the popularity of their own product. But you can tell your four-year-old that the company is trying to make people believe Smarties make them smarter or that they really do make people smarter. I could swear when I eat some, I do math like 3x as fast as normal. That just might be me being hyper though... Darksamus8 (talk)  —Preceding comment was added at 01:35, 4 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  UK Smarties are called Smarties because they used to have letters on the inside of the lids, and people would write words with them. They now (since their redesign) have general knowledge questions on the outside of the tube, and the answer inside. As for the US version, I'm guessing they've just used the UK name! KillerKat (talk) 14:57, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

text:  The name is completely unrelated to the UK Smarties and not even influenced by said name.  Smarties in Europe didn't even have the time to become known in the US by the time US Smarties were first produced. 71.75.195.12 (talk) 17:49, 3 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why the name? 

message: I've made some changes to the opening paragraph to reflect the discussion here which states that the US Smarties are the Canadian (not the "outside the US") Rockets and the English Fizzers (which are also exported to Australia). The tablet-style Refreshers (as opposed to the chewy sweet) are distinctly different in size, texture and flavour to any of these, and so I have removed them from the article, since the reference was misleading. I invite someone else to fill out the details of the company history. --131.111.100.49 (talk) 14:15, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Refreshers, Fizzers, Rockets and Smarties 

message: Page one, 20 March 2009 article "Just Say No....to Smarties? Faux Smoking Has Parents Fuming" about a fad where students crush Smarties into powder then use the results to look like they're exhaling smoke.  Something to include? - Denimadept (talk) 19:00, 20 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, this has been going on where I live since forever. Parent's are just hearing about it...?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.134.227.73 (talk) 01:44, 14 October 2009 (UTC)

text: When I was a kid it was fashionable to crush the smarties and snort them like cocaine...at least we always dared the others to do so....kids will be kids and do dumb things.  We are all alive who did it back in the 80s and I am pretty sure the ones nowadays will also survive.--88.69.121.140 (talk) 19:49, 2 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  WSJ article / Controversy / Misuse of Product 

message: Recently removed content in this section included:
Although the trend was once thought to be a hoax, today there are thousands of YouTube videos, some with hundreds of thousands of viewsSearch Terms Smoking Smarties, Snorting Smarties - Youtube.com, March 2015 demonstrating how to smoke or snort the candy. Schools have sent out warnings to parents.Angers, Angie.   "School Warns Parents of Smarties Snorting Trend." WPRI-TV [Portsmouth].   17 January 2014.Harris, Jenn.   "Snorting Smarties: Eat. Don't Snort. Unless You Want Nasal Maggots." Los Angeles Times.   21 January 2014.Searcey, Dionne.   "Just Say No ... to Smarties? Faux Smoking Has Parents Fuming."The Wall Street Journal.   20 March 2009. 
The [school] warnings include *The particles act like glass shards, and if they reach the nose, the particles can trigger potentially life-threatening complications, especially for children with asthma and allergies. *Possible reactions include chronic coughing and choking, irritation of the lungs, infection followed by scarring of the nasal cavity, anaphylaxis, *This trend may even contribute to a craving for tobacco and other drugs involving insufflation. Another warning often attributed is that there is a "rare possibility of an infestation of maggots in the nose in which they feed on the sugar."  The physician quoted on nasal maggots, Dr. Oren Friedman, reported they were only a possibility. He stated while he has never seen a case of nasal maggots from Smarties, he has seen maggots develop from other food products in the nose.
Although regarded as unsubstantiated with no actual case reported, there is a real hysteria about the possibility of Nasal Maggots, and school authorities are distributing this. This is also mentioned at Snopes.com, which is not a quotable source on Wikipedia. I am not sure where this falls in the WP:NOT. Group29 (talk) 13:40, 15 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Updates 2015

message: The KLIK Rockets Dispenser article does not present sufficient information to stand on its own. It should be merged here. Neelix (talk) 19:22, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge with [[KLIK Rockets Dispenser]] 

message: Is the Made in U.S.A. / Made in Canada comparison picture really necessary. And if it is, maybe we should make it look slightly more professional? (This is the uploader's only picture on Commons; they also have no user / user talk pages. They do have 36 contribs and 2 notices on Wikipedia) George8211 conversations / new message 17:24, 29 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I was trying to figure out if that's one photograph or two spliced together, because if it's a single shot, the Canadian ones seem to be slightly larger.  (I'm not sure I've ever seen both varieties next to each other for comparison.  Maybe they really are larger?  Should be mentioned in the text if that's the case.) Lurlock (talk) 17:24, 7 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Made in U.S.A. / Canada comparison picture 

message: * Specific text to be added or removed: 
* Reason for the change: I kindly request that this paragraph be reviewed and potentially amended for accuracy and relevance. The information cited does not contain conclusive or fact-based evidence of any controversy  and may be misleading to readers.
* References supporting change: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/middle-school-warns-snorting-smarties-may-lead-to-nasal-maggots/
* Disclosure: I am a paid employee of Smarties Candy Company, and I want to ensure accurate and unbiased information is presented.
KirsiLem (talk) 13:41, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Edit request 

message: *While I agree this information is questionable, your reasons are vague. 
#  This makes it sound as if only portions of the text need to be altered, whereas you've proposed a blanket deletion. 
#  Specific examples from the text that the COI editor views as inconclusive (as opposed to conclusive) as well as fiction-based evidence (as opposed to fact-based evidence) should be pointed out in the text. Please advise. 
*When ready to proceed with the requested clarifications, kindly change the  template's answer parameter to read from  to . Thank you! Regards,  Spintendo  21:49, 11 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply 11-DEC-2023

message: *Re-reading the CBS News source, I don't see anything mentioned in the article which wasn't in their reporting. One important point however that was missed, stated  As McDaid is a parent of one of the children at this school, and because their point was made in the CBS News source, I've included it in the mentioning of this incident to act as WP:BALANCE to what looks like the school's overreaction. Regards,  Spintendo  01:09, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Reply 18-DEC-2023