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made by Riviera Confectionery (a division of Fyna Foods Australia) in

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, Australia. First produced as FAGS (formerly used as British/

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for

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) in 1943, during the 1990s, the product was renamed FADS amidst concerns of it promoting smoking to children, as well as pejorative connotations of the word. During the 2000s, "Fun Sticks" was added to the name to further distance the product from its connection to cigarettes. 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. Today, Fads are manufactured in

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rather than Australia as they originally were. File:FAGS Candy cigarettes (pre-1990s).jpg, FAGS
(c. early 1990s with red tipped candy cigarettes)
(clockwise from left)
Box front, box with top opened and candy cigarettes poking out, side of box. File:FADS 1990s.jpg, FADS
(c. mid-1990s)
Most of a flattened FADS box File:Old Style FADS Fun Sticks candy.jpg, FAGS/FADS
(c. early 1990s)
Candy alone with "lit" red tips.

References

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