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Varenicline, sold under the brand names Chantix and Champix among others, is a medication used for smoking cessation [5] [7] and for the treatment of dry eye syndrome. [6] [8] It is a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor partial agonist.
Chantix — Two parodies for the prescription medication used to treat nicotine addiction and its advertising that uses "real people [with] real stories": The first, from 2012, lists mental side effects that are worse than nicotine addiction itself, which user Kristen Wiig slowly discovers she has, much to husband Bill Hader's consternation (e ...
A very large number of people gather on the beach to welcome him. [5] [9] On this occasion the dancers are dressed in black or red coloured costumes adorned with horns and tails and holding pitchforks. The effigy is then burnt in the night and on the following day, Ash Wednesday, people wear black and white dresses to mourn the passing of Vival ...
In 2021, Israel was the first government to ban the sale of real fur garments, with the exception of those worn as part of a religious faith. [57] In 2019, the state of California banned fur trapping, with a total ban on the sale of all new fur garments except those made of sheep, cow, and rabbit fur going into effect on January 1, 2023. [58]
A woman wearing a black bandana on her head. A kerchief (from the Old French couvre-chef, "cover head"), also known as a bandana or bandanna, is a triangular or square piece of cloth tied around the head, face, or neck for protective or decorative purposes.
Indigenous clothes for many states within the Amazônia Legal area. In this region, there is an extensive indigenous community with different ethnicities, and each of them has their own typical clothes. An example (among several) is the kushma used by the Asháninka. Northeastern sertão (desert) – Cangaceiro clothing
The first autonomous diving suit, the precursor to today's scuba gear, is developed by Paul Lemaire d'Augerville in 1824. First documented cycling race, a 1,200 metre race held on 31 May 1868, at the Parc of Saint-Cloud, Paris. [259] The first cycle race covering a distance between two cities was Paris–Rouen (see History of cycling). [260]
The farandole was first described in detail by the English folklorist Violet Alford in 1932. [3] The following description is from the county of Nice: [ 13 ] "Traditionally led by the abbat-mage holding a ribboned halberd , the dancers hold hands and skip at every beat; strong beats on one foot, alternating left and right, with the other foot ...