Roll-your-own cigarette explained

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 cigarettes.

Rolling tobacco

Rolling tobacco, or cigarette tobacco, is the primary tobacco used for RYO cigarettes. It is generally packaged in pouches.^[1]

After 2009, the United States federal tax rate on RYO tobacco was raised from $1.0969 per pound to $24.78 per pound.^[2] 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.^[3]

In Australia, loose tobacco was taxed less than manufactured cigarettes until September 2016.^[4]

Prevalence

RYO has become more popular in the United States in recent years, but relatively few smokers, only 6.7%, actually roll their own cigarettes. In contrast, this rate was 17.1% in Canada, 24.2% in Australia, and 28.4% in the UK.^[5] Reasons for this difference include the generally lower price of traditional cigarettes in most states in the US compared to Canada and Europe.

See also

• Do it yourself
• Joint (cannabis)
• List of rolling papers
• Shag (tobacco)
• Tobacco smoking

External links

• Web site: 26 U.S.C. § 5702 : US Code – Section 5702: Definitions . Codes.lp.findlaw.com . 2013-11-11. US tax code definitions

Notes and References

1. Scollo . Michelle . Zacher . Meghan . Coomber . Kerri . Bayly . Megan . Wakefield . Melanie . Changes in use of types of tobacco products by pack sizes and price segments, prices paid and consumption following the introduction of plain packaging in Australia . Tob Control . April 2015 . 24 . Suppl 2 . ii66–ii75 . 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052071. 28407614 . 4401343 . free .
2. Web site: 27 CFR 41.30 – Pipe tobacco and roll-your-own tobacco tax rates . 30 May 2015.
3. Web site: Bill Would Close Tax Code Loophole on Roll-Your-Own Tobacco – Partnership for Drug-Free Kids . Partnership for Drug-Free Kids . 30 May 2015.
4. Web site: The truth about rollies? Warning: it ain't pretty . 2022-10-03 . www.quit.org.au . en.
5. Prevalence and attributes of roll-your-own smokers in the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey. 2593057 . 16754951 . 10.1136/tc.2005.013268. 15. 2006. Tob Control. iii76–82 . Young . D . Borland . R . Hammond . D . Cummings . KM . Devlin . E . Yong . HH . O'Connor . RJ. Suppl 3 .