Lho sticks

[ragnarcissist]

so what do you think these are supposed to be? future cigarettes? or space weed?

from lexicanum: "It is favored by the Imperial Guard and PDF as a cheap way to relax before, during, and after combat."

sounds like Ganja to me.... thoughts?

[Rev. Tiberius Jackhammer]

Just space-cigs, you might be reading into it too much. Cigarrettes help people relax, too.

Also, note the "DURING combat" part. Would you let Imperial Guardsmen hotbox in a Baneblade? :P

[The AKH]

Space-cigs - in most fluff pieces guardsmen smoking lho never display the characteristic symptoms of smoking non-tobacco leaf.

Also, for a plain ol' human soldier in the grimdark of the 41st millenium, the mild stim effects of nicotine (or whatever nicotine-esque compound is in lho) is probably more useful than getting hella baked.

Mind, regiments like the Savlar Chem-dogs probably lace their cigs. With all manner of crazy stuff.

[ragnarcissist]

ahhh ok, i couldve sworn that i read in a bunch of novels that they describe it as "under the influence" not a term youd use for cigs.

[Astartes]

If you read the novel 'Gunheads' (about an IG tank company) one of the tank crews has some wacky-tabacky lho sticks and get busted by their C.O. It's a pretty funny scene. Just chillin by the Russ, playin some cards & smokin a spliff.

[westside]

Lho sticks contain a different substance and aren't tobbaco (which I believe is referred to as Tabac).

In some of the BL writing Lho is described as mildly sedative and sometime carries a mild official censure (often consumption is ignored).

It is a big universe and I would imagine people ran into all sorts of consumables that we don't have on Terra.

[The AKH]

ahhh ok, i couldve sworn that i read in a bunch of novels that they describe it as "under the influence" not a term youd use for cigs.

Whether or not they are stims or sedatives, they're probably chemically concentrated and quite a bit stronger than contemporary cigarettes.

[OrksOrksOrks]

There is probably an Agri-World somewhere in the Imperium dedicated to producing only Lho, to be shipped off to a Factory planet to be assemebled into sticks.