A new study published in the American Journal of Public Health finds that cigarette use is falling out of favor with women, while blunts are gaining in popularity. Blunts are essentially cannabis-cigars. Some smokers create blunts by emptying out the tobacco of a cigar and replacing it with cannabis. Blunt wraps, which are like large tobacco-leaf rolling papers, are also easily found in convenience stores and smoke-shops. The researchers in this recent study used the US National Survey on Drug Use and Health’s data from 2006 to 2016 to examine trends of cigarette, cigar, and blunt use among women “of reproductive age.” In all, the study looked at roughly 170,000 women aged 18 to 44 years—abo... [Read more]