Cany cigarettes (sometimes called sugar fags in the United Kingdom) is a candy introduced in the early 19th century made out of chalky sugar, bubblegum or chocolate that resembles cigarettes. Their place on the market has long been controversial because many critics believe the candy desensitizes children, leading them to become smokers later in life. Because of this, the selling of candy cigarettes has been banned in several countries such as Finland, Norway, the Republic of Ireland, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. In the United States a ban was considered in 1970 and again in 1991, but was not passed into federal law. In Canada federal law prohibits candy cigarette branding that resembles real cigarette branding and the territory of Nunavut has banned all products that resemble cigarettes.