As we talk in a basement office, holding volumes of old smoked butts collected by Graesch and his students that smells, remarkably, quite clean -- Graesch explained modern artifacts like cigarettes can tell us a lot -- providing insights into our consumption patterns, why we choose a certain type of cigarette, and where we go to smoke it, socialize, and hang out
If its too soft and spongy, its over-humidified, and you might want to let it dry out using a dry box technique
For some folks, thats a deal-breaker
There is a state law on the books requiring shops on tribal land to collect taxes on sales to non-Indians, but it has never been enforced
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