Characterised by high-pitched, wailing cries and sometimes improvised poetic lines, keening serves as both an expression of grief and a ritualistic act, marking the passage of the dead and helping the living process loss
Ribeiro VV, Szklo AS, Grilo G, Welding K, Pinho M, Andreis M, Castro B (2025) Cigarette butts to estimate the illicit cigarette consumption proportion in a major Brazilian city
To anyone wondering, grab 2 ounces, one for now and one for a year or so
"We are awaiting more information from the federal government about how it plans to regulate edible cannabis products before we move forward with provincial plans." The Campaign for a Smoke-Free Alberta says second-hand tobacco smoke, which has been classified as a group A carcinogen to which there is no safe level of exposure, causes the death of more than 1,000 Canadians every year
They write that this population is less likely to understand the relative harms of nicotine and combustible tobacco use, to use safer nicotine alternatives, to consult the internet for information, or even to know where to locate local cessation services
Theres also, appropriately enough given the title, a lot of musing on how he sees himself as a performer: Im not a stand-up comedian
