Recently, I crossed the border between Washington and Canada, making my bi-monthly trip to British Columbia to visit my husband. The border guard asked me the usual questions, including what I did for a living. When I told him I owned my own company, selling herbal smoke blends, it turned into a brief conversation about smoking.
Like many people who try to quit smoking, he had recently switched from tobacco cigarettes to vaping, feeling it was healthier for his lungs. He wasn't liking it as much. It wasn't just the tobacco he was missing...he missed the ritual of smoking.
There's no denying, humans thrive on rituals. We perform them for relaxation, for stress management, for processing grief, for celebration, for self-care. Rituals can be communal or personal, and often involve fixed, repeated behaviors.
Smoking is a ritual that is visual and olfactory and tactile. The aesthetic of the pack of prerolls, the flick of the lighter, the way the preroll feels between your fingers, the taste and the smell of the smoke, the tap of the ash. It's social, it's private, it's ceremonial, it's celebration, it's self-care. Smoking is a ritual as old as humanity.
Like the Canadian border guard, many of us are looking for a tobacco replacement. Conventional cigarettes have lost their appeal in the last few years. Health concerns are real and valid. The aesthetics have decreased as the beauty of the pack itself has been replaced by health warnings. The taste and smell can be off-putting.
Personally, I end up turning to cannabis more often than tobacco, but it isn't always conducive to be high or stoned in public or at work. And sometimes one bad inhale or coughing fit can mean losing control of the intensity of the high.
Enter herbal prerolls. Every blend I've curated at Time Rebel has been made with ritual in mind. From stress-relief, to pleasure, to happiness, to sleep. The smell, taste, and effect; each blend is made to complement and enhance your daily rituals.
Made with herbs that promote lung health, they're a healthier option than tobacco cigarettes. They offer a more controlled mood-elevation than cannabis does, or they can be mixed with cannabis for a more managed high.
Humans have always, and will always be drawn to smoking as apart of our personal and social rituals.
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