DIY Cigarette Rolling: A Cost-Effective Guide

With the cost of ready-made cigarettes going higher, many people who smoke are looking to alternatives to paying the price for a pack of smokes. The cheapest solution is to buy loose tobacco, papers and a hand roller and make your own cigarettes. A can of tobacco is usually less than half the cost of a carton of cigarettes, and the papers are included. The roller will only cost a couple of dollars and will roll many cans of tobacco into cigarettes.

Things You'll Need

• Loose tobacco Cigarette rolling papers Hand-operated cigarette roller

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Instructions

• 1

  Push the apron down between the two rollers on the hand roller. The apron is the plastic sheath that covers the rollers.

• 2

  Place a large pinch of tobacco into the depressed apron and distribute it evenly throughout the length of the roller.

• 3

  Use your thumbs to spin the front roller to compact the tobacco.

• 4

  Place a single rolling paper into the top of the roller with the glue facing you.

• 5

  Gently turn the front roller towards you to roll the cigarette paper into the machine.

• 6

  Stop rolling when the glue on the paper gets close to the top of the machine.

• 7

  Lick the glue across the paper.

• 8

  Begin rolling toward yourself until the paper totally disappears.

• 9

  Open the front roller and pop out the cigarette.