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After years of appetite suppression and a slightly sped-up metabolism thanks to nicotine, the body often reacts strongly when the cigarettes are finally out of the picture
Cynthia Callard, executive director of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, called the apparent Canada Day marketing measure less than a month after Philpott's announcement "a very provocative action" she likened to trying "to poke a stick in the eye of the government." She also condemned the use of patriotism as a mechanism for selling a tobacco product: overall, smoking is associated with the deaths of 37,000 Canadians each year from cancer, cardiovascular disease and lung disease
The effects are wholly specific to the strain (gently therapeutic, cerebrally stimulating, mood enhancing), but there is also a comforting undertone of psychoactivity that reminds me of my favorite astro-traveling cultivars, without actually launching me into the stratosphere
The Blunt Rey is equipped with user-friendly mechanics, allowing even beginners to roll their cigarettes with minimal effort