Years ago, someone, somewhere, had the idea to take a spoon, fill it with ground cinnamon, and shovel that cinnamon into his mouth. This becomes the closest anyone can reasonably get to fulfilling the ...

As a practicing ER doctor who has first hand experience caring for the complications of teens taking “the cinnamon challenge”, I can attest to the inherent dangers associated with this popular stunt ...

Warn youth of ‘Cinnamon Challenge’ dangers Attempt to swallow dry cinnamon may cause aspiration and allergic reactions, or may trigger potentially fatal hypersensitivity-induced asthma attacks.

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CHICAGO – Don't take the cinnamon challenge. That's the advice from doctors in a new report about a dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos but which has led to hospitalizations and a surge ...

The so-called "Cinnamon Challenge" is an adolescent dare in which an individual attempts to swallow a spoonful of dry cinnamon. The results, which typically include violent coughing and choking, are ...

The “Cinnamon Challenge”, which involves trying to swallow a teaspoon of cinnamon without water within sixty seconds, has led to many calls to poison centers, emergency departments visits and ...

I just finished watching some of the YouTube videos on the "cinnamon challenge". Have you seen them...there are over 50,000 videos of teens/young adults taking the challenge! I do everything I can to ...

It seems harmless enough, swallowing a little spoonful of a lovely spice like cinnamon, but the so-called cinnamon challenge, as millions of YouTube viewers know, is not a pleasant gustatory ...

(CBS News) The infamous "Cinnamon Challenge". It's been around for a while now as a popular subject of YouTube videos and potentially deadly (and dumb, either way) dare. And while I would never ...

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