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See spliff (mixed with tobacco) or blunt (wrapped in tobacco leaf). Though the US is one of the smallest countries for the practice. I didn't realize how severe the differences were until I looked it up based on your comment. In Italy, 94% of marijuana smokers mix with tobacco!

https://www.inverse.com/article/32064-america-europe-tobacco...

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In Europe the terms are reversed a joint is mixed with tobacco and a spliff is pure. Threw me off when I visited the US for the first time.

We call it "full flavour" in Canada when there's no tobacco (or just "full"). Joint/spliff/doobie/etc are all synonyms of the final product, regardless of ingredients. There's a certain stigma associated with mixing tobacco in nowadays; unless you're a smoker, nobody wants that shit.

isn't "spliff" from "split"?

It seems. But it refers to the paper or wrap, not splitting between tobacco and weed, apparently.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spliff

Ah yes, that's true - many people here in the states do smoke from blunts. I've never been a fan so I didn't even make the connection that it's like a joint wrapped in tobacco. Personally I'm a fan of slow, controlled burns and as little smell (excess smoke) as possible.

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