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I declined a sample, but looked it up later

The brand was created by the Miquel y Costas family from Catalonia and was officially established in 1929

As with e-cigarettes, the WHO does not support HTPs for harm reduction, stating that while the toxicants in HTP smoke are generally lower than those found in conventional cigarettes, the levels of some toxicants are higher and there are new substances absent in tobacco smoke which could potentially harm human health. They also claim there is no evidence to demonstrate that HTPs are less harmful than conventional tobacco products (WHO, 2020)

Gorbachev actually resigned the following day, in the evening of December 25th