During the 80’s, I picked up some Fireball jawbreakers from a local Price Club in Maryland. I found out that my kids were selling them at their schools for a 12 cent per jawbreaker profit. This continued until the jawbreaker fad wore off. I suspect that if the powers-that-be in this article had left things alone, that fad would have died out as well.
I was in Jr High during the fireball fad. Our tongues were all fried from them. Not any young entrepreneurs among us, we all bought our own at the local gas station.