Roll-your-own cigarette
Cigarette assembled by the user as opposed to a manufacturer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cigarette assembled by the user as opposed to a manufacturer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A roll-your-own (RYO) cigarette, also called a handrolled cigarette, is a cigarette made from loose tobacco (usually a shag cut) and rolling paper. Factory-made cigarettes are called industrial or tailor-made cigarettes.[1][2]
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Rolling tobacco, or cigarette tobacco, is the primary tobacco used for RYO cigarettes. It is generally packaged in pouches.[3]
After 2009, the United States federal tax rate on RYO tobacco was raised from $1.0969 per pound to $24.78 per pound.[4] This increase has caused many people to switch to using pipe tobacco to make cigarettes, since the pipe tobacco tax rate was also increased, but only to $2.83 per pound.[5]
In Australia, loose tobacco was taxed less than manufactured cigarettes until September 2016.[6]
Relatively few smokers in the US, only 6.7%, actually roll their own cigarettes.[7] In contrast, this rate was 17.1% in Canada, 24.2% in Australia, and 28.4% in the UK.[7] Reasons for this difference include the generally lower price of traditional cigarettes in most states in the US compared to Canada and Europe.[7]
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