Roll Your Own Cigarettes

If you're already a smoker, this is a great way to save a little money.
If you're not already a smoker, don't start!

Step 1 What To Buy

You'll need:
-Cigarette tobacco
Price will very a lot depending on where you live, but I got this 6oz. can of Natural American Spirit, which came with 200 rolling papers, for $16.99.
-Rolling papers
These are usually included when you buy the tobacco.

Optional; Recommended:
-Filters
This bag of 200 was $2.99
-Hand rolling machine
Makes it a lot easier and quicker, and the finished product much neater. Mine was like $5.

Since I've been rolling my own cigarettes, I have spent 60% less money on cigarettes than I did before, and I have been able to purchase better quality additive free tobacco.

Comments

[r3cycl3dartrat]

thank you! 

this helped me so much. i have never been able to figure out how to use rolling machines and out of frustration and wasting at least $30 in cigarette rolling machines- thinking it was the machine, not me (i feel so embarrassed to actually admitting this for not understanding (until now) something so simple!), i was so happy to come across a perfectly put-together instructable- the pictures were perfect and gave me the exact visual i needed so now i can roll the perfect cigarette. yay.
: ) ha   ironically, one of my resolutions is to quit smoking this year, lol, but i suppose at least i have 7 months left of smoking a fine looking cancer stick ( :

[lemonie]

Looks a bit loose. You can save even more money by rolling filterless "matchsticks"... L

[abadfart]

even when i smoke filtered cigarettes i cut the filter off... i like it unfiltered 

[sharlston]

what does the filter do?

[R4Man18]

filter has a few uses but the main one is to reduce on tar which makes the smoke less harsh.

[OllzBallzRocknRollz]

It makes them less delicious

[TimBTodd]

Indeed, but to me, it is worth the extra $3 to have the filters.

[lemonie]

I'm sure it is, but you'd probably smoke less if you didn't..? L

[omnibot]

Probably you would but in my experience only because it tastes mostly of burning paper.

[lemonie]

That's it! L

[TimBTodd]

Perhaps..?

[strmrnnr]

I meet an pld woman from England one time. She only had one arm. She rolled smokes faster, and better than anyone I have ever seen. I am really good at it with two hands, but she was better with one.

[olivierdemontpellier]

why use a roller ??? i'm a smoker, i hand roll ! i have an OCB roller somewhere in a drawer...

[baneat]

To roll like 20 of them it takes me a long time without one of those machines.

[omnibot]

I handroll to but for the longest time I used a roller, it's an artform and not everyone does it.

[pyro13]

You should post an instructable on how to hand roll?

[TimBTodd]

Well, I just switched from smoking regular cigarettes recently, so I just find that it makes it a lot easier and quicker, and the finished product looks a lot better than when I hand roll. I guess it's not for everyone, but I certainly prefer it.

[roosta]

do you compress it before rolling the paper in or leave it like that?

[TimBTodd]

You just sort of push it down with your fingers and close the rolling device around the tobacco. It took me a few tries before I got the amount perfect.

[Bongmaster]

should really name it "how to roll with a rolling machine" ;)