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Roll Your Own Cigarettes

One way to save money is by learning how to roll your own cigarettes. Tobacco can be purchased at smoke and cigar shops, and along with a paper can be easily rolled into a cigarette and smoked. The unrolled tobacco is generally sold by the ounce, but larger quantities can also be purchased to save money. Depending on the shop, there is often a large selection of different types of tobaccos of various qualities and flavors.

Because of the ability to choose what tobaccos are preferred when you roll your own cigarettes, individual blends can be fashioned. It is much easier to see what is going into the cigarette as well, many pre-made cigarettes contain additives or blends with lower quality tobacco. Filters can be added during the rolling process as well, making them very similar to “prefabs”.

The major difference in pre-manufactured cigarettes and roll your own cigarettes are the quality of tobacco. Unrolled tobacco is either of a higher quality than the tobacco that goes into cigarettes, or it is of a much lower quality. Lower quality tobacco is often reconstituted from the shavings and stems of a regular batch of tobacco for cigarettes. The shavings, clippings and stems are ground down to a powder, mixed with water to make a paste and then allowed to dry in sheets. The sheets are then cut in a similar way to tobacco leaves to give it a natural appearance. High quality tobacco is made from the best leaves only, and allowed to cure correctly before cutting.

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