Who rolls their own... cigarettes?

I used to, long time ago (teens), same equipment & tobacco.

Some folks I knew tried it to roll herbal cigarettes, but handrolled always won out for those.

Getting the amount of tobacco right was the trick for the cig to draw like a factory-made.

Recently, I stood behind a woman paying almost $7.00 for a pack of Marlboros at a 7-11. 40+ years ago, with cigs @ $.35 per pack, those machines were a fun novelty. Now their day has arrived indeed.

 

Occasionally I'll roll one, but using pipe tobacco (I don't smoke cigarettes). I got this from a friend in Poland while I was visiting. He taught me how to roll them and also how to properly pack and light a pipe.
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It's no longer worth it, due to the tobacco tax hike.

 

I have, a long time ago....

 

Peter,

How much was that machine you mentioned on ebay? If I recall from a previous thread...it was well above 200 right? I have one that is 40 bucks and it rolls AMAZING cigarettes. The nice part that I love about rollling your own is being able to vary the amount and "tightness" of your cigarettes. Put a lot of tobacco in and pack it tight and you can have a cigarette that takes 15 minutes to smoke. Looser and it will smoke in the same time as a cigarette you buy out of a pack.

You do need to really experiment with the types of tobacco though because I've found huge differences in quality. It is getting more expensive to roll your own with the federal hike on tobacco, but it is still far, far cheaper. Are you planning using filters as well? I've noticed those vary a lot as well.

 

Have smoked them before with my brother but don't have a roller myself...

They taste just like the American Spirits I smoke. Good. But I may start rolling to cut back on how much I smoke...it takes more time to prepare, so I'll want to do it less.

 

I've also found that they taste a lot like American Spirits. Although I must say I'm more partial to the dreaded, evil menthol flavored tobacco.

 

This is all so unKool.

 

that's really unKool

 

Camel has a cigg out called crush, it smokes like a regular cigg until you pinch the filter which changes it to menthol. The other day I was in a less desirable part of town, bought a pack of marb lights...10.84 a pack. those store prey on the poor without the ability to travel. The cashier told me I could buy just one cigg for 80 cents, LOL.

 

My first manager assigned me to cig rolling duty at least a few hours a week. That Automatic one is money and truly could churn out a carton with a big bag of tobaccy. Best part is I could roll whatever I like for myself.

 

That's the same kind I had 40+ yrs. ago, as noted in my earlier post.

They were a couple of bucks ca. 1965, a good-size pack of Bugler cigarette tobacco less than $1, all sold at the corner drugstore long before "head shops" were invented.

 

FYI I was told by my cigar shop owner that Bali Shag is going to start selling their cigarette tobacco as pipe tobacco with a small amount of pipe tobacco in it so that they can get around the new tax. They say it won't really change anything in the blend because the amount of pipe tobacco can be so small to qualify. One customer ordered cases of Bali Shag before the tax so he would have a large supply.

 

OH GREAT !!!, pete is now skimping on smokes !!! When the price of tabacco goes up, I picture pete driving out to Vegas and rumaging through casino ashtrays.

 

Pete called me the other day on a mobile phone he found while he was hanging out by a local Indian Casino entrance and asking smokers "Hey, are you gunna finish that?" He was all excited- said he hit the Motherlode and was gunna smoke a butt while hitching a ride back to Cheap Petersburg.

 

Cheap Petersburg !!!!!!!!! LMFAO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I hear hes gonna spray paint his face a dull red, buy a couple of blankets at the hooterville K mart, drive to new mexico and attempt to trade hand made blankets as ' the local indian ' for smokes.
Pete, when you roll the seven are you gonna be burried in Marlboro country ??

 

i like rolling, but not with tobacco