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.[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

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. ↑ Scollo, Michelle; Zacher, Meghan; Coomber, Kerri; Bayly, Megan; Wakefield, Melanie (April 2015). "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. 24 (Suppl 2): ii66–ii75. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052071. PMC 4401343. PMID 28407614.
  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. 1 2 3 Young, D; Borland, R; Hammond, D; Cummings, KM; Devlin, E; Yong, HH; O'Connor, RJ (2006). "Prevalence and attributes of roll‐your‐own smokers in the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey". Tob Control. 15 Suppl 3 (Suppl 3): iii76–82. doi:10.1136/tc.2005.013268. PMC 2593057. PMID 16754951.


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