A decades-old stunt in which thrill-seeking teens swallow a tablespoon of dry cinnamon with no water, gag and spew out a cloud of orange dust went viral in 2012, resulting in more than 50,000 YouTube ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- A common spice is creating an uncommon problem among teens. It's called the "cinnamon challenge" and doctors are warning it could be dangerous. The cinnamon challenge is an ...

A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down, Mary Poppins famously sang, but a spoonful of cinnamon can cause dangerous side effects. That is the warning from concerned parents, school ...

Tempted to take the cinnamon challenge? Doctors say don't do it. A new report about the dangerous prank depicted in popular YouTube videos shows the "cinnamon challenge" has led to hospitalizations ...

(CBS News) Have you heard of the "cinnamon challenge"? A person takes one tablespoon of cinnamon and tries to swallow it within 60 seconds. While it seems relatively simple, videos all over the web ...

I can see this conversation in my head. Person 1: I sure love cinnamon toast. Best breakfast ever. I really love that cinnamon smell. Person 2: If you love cinnamon so much, just eat a spoonful of ...

It’s a relatively simple dare, but teens are sending themselves to the hospital by attempting the “cinnamon challenge.” The objective is to swallow a tablespoonful of cinnamon in under 60 seconds — a ...

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 ...

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