My review below is from the German made variety: Here's my Reader's Digest version of impressions regarding Prez Mixture (which obviously has fooled a lot of taste buds into believing there is Latakia in the mix.) Still, there are many examples of Virginia leaf, in particular, cured in a manner that will fool the taste buds into believing it is Latakia (Condor, McClelland's Black Shag and the English version of Walnut are prime examples)
4 This is because the harmful effects of cigarette smoke can irritate and damage the salivary glands
Farid WO, Lawrence AJ, Krstew EV, Tait RJ, Hulse GK, Dunlop SA (2012)
Its never a 100% cure, but it can really help, and in this case, the ghostly roar was reduced to a whimper that I hoped would dissipate over time as I broke the pipe in to begin its second life