March 7th, 2010

International Oddities, an influential player in the tobacco, cigarette, cigar and smoking industries, has created and initiated the legal buds industry. While many of its competitors are still struggling to develop comparable products, the company has dozens of herbal legal buds products on the market. Because of the increasing pressure to make tobacco illegal worldwide, countries such as Amsterdam have utilized the nicotine & tobacco-free herbal smoke options available.

Whether someone purchases from a large smoke shop chain or from the company itself, customers can expect a superior quality smoking experience. Legal buds are purchased with a vacuum-packed can that makes the product remain fresh for longer than usual smoke shop products. With a peek-a-bud window in their “Freshpack Rolling Kit”, customers can see the bud they can purchase beforehand. Also, with a retracting rolling tray and built-in rolling papers, the customer can smoke almost immediately and anywhere they want after purchasing. This convenience makes International Oddities popular with savvy style-conscious customers.

International Oddities is also popular with smokers and non-smokers alike. Because of their herbal tobacco alternatives, many individuals are attracted to the products due to the availability to smoke in peace with no legal hassles involved. Many individuals ask, “Do legal buds get you high?” The answer is twofold. While these products will provide a calming and relaxing effect, no marijuana is found in these herbal smokes products so legal marijuana would not be a coined phrase.

While intriguing to smokers of all ages, retail shop markets find these products even more appealing. Because of their high quality impression on new and old customers alike, this keeps business flowing for these shops with repeat customers and sales occurring daily. Many stores name IO’s products as the only good herbal smoke products to sell in their stores.

Creating herbal smoke products decades before any other smoke company, International Oddities is a leading retailer for herbal smoke options whether in stores or on the Web. Even Hollywood has caught up with the trend of these smoking products. Interestingly enough, Seth Rogan was seen smoking an International Oddities product on the MTV music awards. While many believed this was a joint, it was an herbal smoke product among IO’s collection. Other Hollywood movies or television shows using their products include: CSI, True Blood, Pineapple Express, and Crash with Dennis Hopper and My Name Is Earl along with countless others.

To what do we attribute the appeal of these products? Most often it’s the unique “otherworldly” smoking experience and the non-tobacco aspect. This herbal smoke alternative is truly supreme, and enjoyed by smokers and previous nonsmokers worldwide. International Oddities continues to impress the world with its legal buds products and revolutionary mark it has left on the cigar, cigarette and tobacco industries.

About Our Company: For more information on herbal smokes and legal buds options, visit International Oddities’ official website at Internationaloddities.com. For more information via the telephone, call 1-800-730-4438. Enjoy legal smoke today! With a superior quality smoking experience, the products are worth your serious consideration. Try International Oddities today, a revolutionary herbal tobacco alternative.

February 23rd, 2010

A hookah is basically a water pipe intended for the smoking of tobacco. It is often made of glass with two or more flexible stems drawing the water cooled smoke from the pipe. It originated in India many centuries ago, and moved from there into the Middle East. Although tobacco was the original substance burned in the hookah, others are also used. Some of these others have been illegal substances such as Cannabis or Opium, and this has tended to give hookahs a bad name in Western Culture. In recent years, the hookah has been making some headway in dispelling this bad reputation. One of the attractions of hookah smoking in the East was the manner in which the activity induced relaxation, and stimulated conversation.

The Online market has allowed hookahs to be purchased in larger numbers, and the merchants generally sell a large variety of flavored and low nicotine tobacco. The nicotine level is furthered reduced by the action of the water inside the pipe, and the result is a smoking experience that is ultimately less expensive and a lot less messy than sharing a couple of Marlboros. If a couple were smokers, it is easy to envision the hookah on the coffee table for a private evening of movies or conservation.

This is exactly the thought of some enterprising businessmen who have begun to open Hookah bars around the country. These would be regular bars with the exception of a hookah in the middle of every table. That large selection of fragrant tobacco would be available for purchase along with your drinks. The hookah smoking would supposedly have a calming effect on the patrons, encourage good talk, and enhance the entertainment. A Hookah Caf

February 22nd, 2010

I was a moderate marijuana smoker(about 4-5 days a week). I decided to quit and have now for 3 weeks. I am noticing that life is more real, colors are brighter, easier to pay attention etc…But it feels like the real problems that first led me to using this drug are also becoming clearer and stronger. It’s an effect I am not liking. I do go to therapy, and get advice from a professional, but I was wondering if anyone else has delt with this feeling and if they decided to quit or go back to smoking. I am starting to believe that marijuana may actually have some anti depressent attributes in severe cases now. Any advice would help, especially if you’ve delt with it. Thanks.

February 18th, 2010

Somewhere in my geekiest science fiction dreams, there is a future world where the cigarette is a harmless device, designed by sentient supercomputers to deliver vitamins, plump up your eyelashes and fight the seven signs of ageing. So it’s not surprising that I reacted to the invention of an “ <a rel=”nofollow” onclick=”javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(’/outgoing/article_exit_link’);” href=”http://www.premiumecigarette.com”>Electronic Cigarette</a> ” with utter glee.

The e-cig gives the smoker a hit of nicotine and the sensation of smoking without the tar and the witch’s brew of carcinogens that makes up regular fag smoke. The filter contains an atomizer and a cartridge of nicotine, suspended in liquid. When you take a drag, the atomizer converts this into a vapor that looks like smoke, but isn’t.

When my e-fag works, it is effective. There is even a delightful orange LED that lights up when I take a drag. But half the time it doesn’t work properly. The cartridges, which are supposed to be equivalent to 12 fags, run out at alarming speed. Am I sucking too hard? Am I taking in far more nicotine (technically a poison, and a vasoconstrictor to boot) than I did as a regular smoker? It is impossible to say.

Most e-cigarette vendors are careful not to market them as a quitting aid, an attitude echoed by the World Health Organization, which has aired concerns about them not having been subject to regulation and peer-reviewed clinical trials. They are promoted as “ <a rel=”nofollow” onclick=”javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview(’/outgoing/article_exit_link’);” href=”http://www.premiumecigarette.com”>Smoking Alternative</a> ” for smokers, which are unlikely to be more dangerous than cigarettes.

The rechargeable battery becomes so temperamental that I have to charge it two or three times a day. I don’t feel like I’ve quit; I just work harder for my fix. And it has a sickly sweet taste.

I get tired of explaining to people that I’m not breaking the law. I feel silly sucking on a metal and plastic tube, like a middle-aged baby. I cadge a real fag from a friend at my weekly poker game, and the slide back to phlegm normality begins. But something has changed. The cigarette on my lips feels stupid, bizarre. Perhaps that is the e-cig’s hidden strength: it makes you realize what a ludicrous business smoking actually is.