Kmart accused of selling 'meth-smoking device'

Kmart in Australia has taken a "light bulb" drink jar off its shelves after anti-drug campaigners slammed it for for looking 'just like a meth-smoking device'.

The mum of an ex-ice addict criticised the store for selling a drink jar product saying it looked strikingly similar to methamphetamine drug paraphernalia.

The item has been removed from sale after the situation was brought to their attention, said a Kmart spokesperson.

"Kmart Australia sold the drink jar as a novelty on trend item for the intention only to be used as a drinking glass," they said.

Created in the shape of a light bulb and accessorised with a straw, the product carries a strong resemblance to the homemade "crack pipe light bulbs" from which users without access to meth pipes sometimes consume their drugs.

Lina Pugh, who started the Facebook page "Ice in Bunbury: a mother's nightmare" and leads a support group for families of those struggling with drug addiction, said she was "appalled" by the product.

"Thousands and thousands of families in regional Western Australia are being torn apart because of meth use," Pugh said.

"It is absolutely appalling that they are trying to make money out of something that is destroying lives."

Pugh said her son used to smoke methamphetamine using a light bulb and she found Kmart's product had a "striking similarity".

"If it is just a way to be trendy then it's completely inappropriate," she said.

"People are dying. And to me that product is a direct reference to a meth-smoking device."