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Herbal cigarettes usually come in two camps: ersatz tobacco, and mystical plant blends to open 3rd eye astrology past lives no I don’t like to shave my pussy, I can’t believe you would ask me to do that, it’s too sensitive, you’re so gross

Two world wars have taught soldiers to get crafty with tobacco substitutes. Raspberry leaves, papaya leaves, mullein, and a bunch of other plants are suitable for smoking. Some of them might have a flavor vaguely reminiscent of a cigarette (and if it’s mentholated, the deception goes even more unnoticed), but anyone who has tasted good tobacco, even if they exclusively smoke cigarettes, knows something is up. They also lack the unique pharmacological effects of nicotine and the other tobacco alkaloids, so they’re pretty unsatisfying.

On the other hand, “magic” blends try to recreate the effects of cannabis or hype up the effects of other plants on their own merit. It’s tied into herbology, and while some of these plants do have some effect it’s nowhere near as pronounced or distinct as the deep, heavy, focused calm you get from smoking tobacco. Many of them are phony bologna, though, and almost all of them are bizarre smokes. Steer clear. If you want to smoke pot, smoke pot - if you want to smoke tobacco, smoke tobacco.