Roll-your-own cigarette

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A roll-your-own cigarette

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.

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

Lighting a roll-your-own cigarette.

RYO has become more popular in the United States in recent years, but relatively few smokers, only 6.7%, actually roll their own cigarettes.[5] 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.[5]

See also

References

  1. PMID 28407614
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  2. ^ "27 CFR 41.30 – Pipe tobacco and roll-your-own tobacco tax rates". Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Bill Would Close Tax Code Loophole on Roll-Your-Own Tobacco – Partnership for Drug-Free Kids". Partnership for Drug-Free Kids. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  4. ^ "The truth about rollies? Warning: it ain't pretty". www.quit.org.au. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  5. ^
    PMID 16754951
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