Coconut Tobacco

Anyone remember coconut tobacco? It came in a pouch (like Old Holborn etc) and looked like tobacco but was coconut strands! This was the 70s and the days of candy cigarettes! All this was stopped by the busy bodies who thought it would turn kids into smokers...I loved the cocunut treat but it didnt make me a smoker!

I remember buying this stuff from my local corner shop on the way home from school in the early 60s! It did taste of coconut and I clearly remebber the pouch style packaging. I can also remember in the run up to Christmas the appearance of 'smokers sets' which were like a variety pack with chocolate pipe, cigarettes etc ! Amazing! I remember my brother having one one but the chocolate was not very good, I had loads of sweet cigarettes, but in all my 61 years I have never smoked a real one!

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Do You Remember Coconut Tobacco?

Childcreatedin1969 on 2022-01-22 20:08:48

Hi. I think what you are referring to was called Old Ship! It was my favourite. If you remember this you might also remember Merry Maids and Spangles, cola flavoured sweets that would make your nose fizz if you burped after eating one. Jubbly Bubbly, the chocolate cigarette as mentioned and mix bags, 2p or 5p if you were lucky. Half penny sweets also and of course quarter sweets. Old Jamaica chocolate, which is why I remember Old Ship coconut tobacco. Every time I see someone with roll ups I think of it. You might also remember going to the off licence with your parents and the sweets being put in brown paper bags and any bottles of drink being wrapped in fine white tissue paper. Tobacco can be bought as a quarter in old fashioned sweet shops, but not the same without the pouch!

chef on 2021-04-27 21:13:02

Still made but trhey changed the name as it was suggewstediut wuld encourage children to chew tobacco etc same a sweet cigarettes had a name change

Jac on 2020-12-27 06:47:40

I remember it and love the taste. Old newsagent sold it .I used to buy it about 50 years ago. I would love a taste now to see if it's still how I remember the flavour.