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{{Short description|Cigar filled with cannabis, or a fat cigar}}
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A '''blunt''' is a [[cigar]] that has been hollowed out and filled with [[Cannabis (drug)|cannabis]]. It is rolled with the [[tobacco]]-leaf "wrap", usually from an inexpensive cigar, or any other wrap that isn’t a joint paper that has glue. A blunt is different from a [[Joint (cannabis)|joint]], which uses [[rolling paper]]s.

==History and etymology==
The practice originated in cities such as [[New York City]], [[Philadelphia]], and [[Baltimore]]. Blunts take their name from [[Phillies (cigar)|Phillies Blunt]] brand cigars, although any commonly available inexpensive cigar or [[cigarillo]] may be used, depending on suitability and availability. Other common synonyms  for a blunt include "El-P" or "L" (from the El Producto brand) and "Dutch" (from [[Dutch Masters (cigar)|Dutch Masters]]). [[Backwoods Smokes|Backwoods]], [[Swisher Sweets]], [[White Owl]] and 4ks cigars/cigarillos are other popular brands for rolling blunts.

[[File:Marijuana blunt.jpg|thumb|left|A cigarillo blunt.]]

==Readymade blunts==
Blunts also come as ready made tobacco wraps with hundreds of flavors across numerous brands.
In addition to using cheap cigars and cigarillos to smoke cannabis, cigar wraps or "blunt wraps" are also used.

==Tobacco industry term==
In the [[tobacco industry]], a [[Blunt (cigar)|blunt]] is defined as a [[cigar]] that is wider than a [[cigarillo]] and not quite as wide as a Corona. A cigarillo that has been split and re-rolled with marijuana is still called a blunt in [[cannabis culture]].
==Nicotine addiction==
Due to the tobacco content in the wrapper leaf, blunts carry with them the risks of tobacco use, including [[nicotine addiction]].<ref>[https://www.danaonline.org/documents/National_Cannabis_Strategy_Consultation_Paper.pdf Australian Government Department of Health: National Cannabis Strategy Consultation Paper] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510100633/https://www.danaonline.org/documents/National_Cannabis_Strategy_Consultation_Paper.pdf |date=2017-05-10 }}. 2005. page 4. "Cannabis has been described as a 'Trojan Horse' for nicotine addiction, given the usual method of mixing cannabis with tobacco when preparing marijuana for administration."</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Joint (cannabis)]]
* [[Cannabis smoking]]
* [[Cannabis consumption]]
* [[Smoking]]

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