Cheap smokes now – expensive chemotherapy, surgery and funerals later.

Been rolling my own for years. I love the Supermatic 2. Best damn roller ever. As long as you don't overpack it when you roll it will last you a long time.

Like everything else cigarettes are more expensive here in the UK than in the US.I'm not entirely sure how many you get in a 'carton' like you buy in the US but over here they come in a pack or 10 or 20,referred to as a '20 or 10 deck' in my part of the country.

Anyway the average price of 20 is @ £7.00 now or @ $11.00.I don't know how that compares to the US but I expect it's more expensive,like everything else.lol !!

Over here it's always been common for people to roll your own cigarettes,like what you see John Travolta doing in Pulp Fiction or Rodney in Only Fools and Horses.

Rolling machines have been around as long as I can remember but their far more fiddly than just rolling it yourself n I can't see the point in tubes at all unless it's to make them look like normal cigarettes for those who don't want to look like they're smoking 'rollies'

It costs me @ £3.80 or $6.00 for a half ounce (12.5g) of tobacco,papers normally come with the tobacco I buy and that lasts me a day.If I buy a pack of cigarettes I'll go through 20 easy,someimes 30 so i's cost effective for sure.

Also cigarettes leave me coughing n choking whereas tobacco doesn't.If I smoke a cigarette I find I'm sucking the life out of it to get the 'draw' I'm used to from smoking rollies which is probably why I smoke more cigarettes per hour than I would rollies !!!

I never realised though that the idea of making your own cigarettes is quite novel in the US though,it's part of life over here

Well I am 4 weeks in with my electronic cig and have not had a real cig since I am quitting for good.

I got this nice table top roller, I can pop out about 5 smokes a minute with it.

Originally posted by Domo1
I went through a rough patch awhile ago and started rolling my own. I should still do it but got out of the habit. I think I'm going to go pick up one of these machines now. I smoke American Spirits and as I recall you can buy it loose.

Homer how long did it take you to get it down? It took me probably 30 ruined tubes. It was infuriating.

How many holier than thou comments have been in this thread I wonder? Every time fast food or cigarettes is mentioned people seem to come out of the woodwork to admonish the rest of us.

I am actually rather surprised the morality police have not been in here, bullhorning all us heathens yet

I'm gonna say it ONE MORE TIME for the mental morons that apparently can't read:

THE TOPIC IS ROLLING CIGARETTES AND INEXPENSIVE CIGARETTES, NOT QUITTING SMOKING, NOT THE EFFECTS OF SMOKING, NOT ANYTHING ELSE!!!

Okay do you get the topic now???

Some of you don't know how to act or read, why not growing the hell up and staying on topic, or go troll the hell elsewhere

I've been rolling my own cigarettes for 12 years. I think it sucks it's messy it's time consuming and the tobacco is like smoking lawn clippings. I usually buy the premium stuff too. I'd much rather smoke Marlboros but at $6.50 a pack it's just too much. At least rolling my own the government aint taking all my money. To think cigarettes were $1.50 a pack in 1991 when I started.

Tobacco is a controlled substance in Australia. It is illegal to grow without a permit, which you can apply for at the Taxation Department!

Well I'm that used to smoking tobacco these days been doing it on n off for near 25 years depending on my finances at the time.

When I started smoking 20 cigs cost £1.45 and I could fill the petrol tank on my Fiesta I had when I passed my test for a tenner

What do you'se do with the tubes,make a pile of them at once n keep them in a packet like normal cigs ??

I keep mine tobacco in a tin with a pack of papers n make one when I want a smoke,I wouldnt have the patience to sit down and make a batch in ond go.

It only takes what 10 secs to roll one anyway