A blunt is a cigar hollowed out and filled with marijuana. It is rolled with the tobacco-leaf "wrapper" from an inexpensive cigar. Blunts take their name from Phillies Blunt brand cigars, although any commonly available inexpensive cigar or cigarillo is likely to be used, due to suitability and availability. Another common term for a blunt is an "El-P" or "L", a reference to the El Producto brand. Another commonly used nickname is "Dutch" when referring to Dutch Masters. Backwoods, Swisher Sweets and White Owl cigars/cigarillos are also popular with those who smoke blunts.
Blunts also come as ready made tobacco wraps with hundreds of flavors across numerous brands.
In the tobacco industry, a blunt is defined as a cigar that is wider than a cigarillo and not quite as wide as a Corona. A cigarillo that has been split and re-rolled with marijuana is called a blunt in cannabis culture.
Due to the tobacco content in the wrapper leaf, blunts carry with them the risks of tobacco use, including nicotine addiction. In addition to using cheap cigars and cigarillos to smoke cannabis, cigar wraps or "blunt wraps" are also used. These products are legal because they are ostensibly used in rolling one's own cigar.
Swisher Sweets - Swisher Sweets are in-fact the most popular brand when it comes to the breaking down and rolling of a blunt. Its popularity comes from its unique flavors and pleasant aromas. Machine-made, Swisher Cigarillos have a uniform symmetrical shape made of manufactured tobacco paper that allow it to be rolled with ease. When rolled, Swisher Cigarillos dry fairly fast being that the paper is a bit thicker in comparison to other cigarillo brands. The cigarillo, if rolled right, typically pulls with ease but the cigarillo as a whole burns quite quickly being that its made of tobacco paper. When inhaled it usually can be quite harsh being that its tobacco paper in comparison to the Garcia y Vega Games Leaf.
Garcia y Vega Games Leaf - Games Leaf by Garcia y Vega introduced a style of cigarillos, in which, instead of manufactured tobacco paper, a natural tobacco leaf after being processed and treated was implemented into the rolling of blunts. Comes in a variety of flavors and aromas as that of a Swisher Cigarillo. Being that the Games Leaf cigarillo is made of a natural, processed leaf, the characteristics differ from that of a manufactured tobacco paper. The pull of the blunt is a bit harder to accomplish, but in turn the blunt burns significantly slower than a regular cigarillo. When inhaled, the blunt seems to not be so harsh and that comes from the fact that its a natural leaf.