quote:Originally posted by bluetoelover: Well the only people I have seen smoking "rolls" are the younger people(18-22 year olds) and they are just trying to look cool. Not saying that is what would try to do but some people would think you are.
If you look at it economically, the Amber Leaf option is better but then again quitting would save you ten fold
Well I don't get what makes it appear "cool" though...? Can you put your finger on why it may appear that way?
I find rolling therapeutic and it requires a fair bit of skill through practise - you REMEMBER the best one you ever made hahaha I can see rolling in public itself may be showing off somewhat, but I'm just talking about smoking them out and about...
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When I did my tour through England and France, almost everyone there smoked rolled smokes. They bought these kits that were a pouch of tobacco, papers, and even a pack of filters to roll into the smokes. I'm guessing since the price of petrol there is insane, it's similar to the situation here.
I quit two weeks ago on Monday, I smoked Belmont Mild and they ranged in price from $10.00 - $12.00 CAD.
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quote:Originally posted by footjoyboy: Smoking "rolls" would definitely be less expensive; the only down side that I can see is that someone might think that you're smoking a doob..
When I used to smoke I smoked "rolls" only while at home.
Yeah that's what I'm thinking...
But like...£5.50(ish) for a pack of Amber Leaf (papers included) which would make maybe 80-100 fags.
A 20-deck costs about £5.80(ish), doesn't taste as good and is worse for your health (I know it's not exactly an advert for healthy living but rolls have minimal additives in comparison to a pack).
People immediately going to the thought of weed in this thread are making me reconsider it though...
Who cares if people think it's weed? Considering based on smell, it's obviously not, if anyone thinks it is, they're fucking stupid.
It has nothing to do with "looking cool" at all, it's the fact that it's much more inexpensive. You get a ton of rolls, a bag of tobacco, if I remember correctly(I only smoke on a very light occassion), is about the same price as 4 packs of cigarettes, and if you use it right it's going to save you a lot of money.
The only annoying thing is rolling cigs all the fucking time. Sometimes they don't come out right, sometimes they look like shit, etc etc. I guess you could buy a roller(I think most people do this anyways), they're fairly efficient. You can carry your cigs in a flask, or even a plastic bag.
Hope this helps!
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quote:Originally posted by Flip flop fan: When I did my tour through England and France, almost everyone there smoked rolled smokes. They bought these kits that were a pouch of tobacco, papers, and even a pack of filters to roll into the smokes. I'm guessing since the price of petrol there is insane, it's similar to the situation here.
I quit two weeks ago on Monday, I smoked Belmont Mild and they ranged in price from $10.00 - $12.00 CAD.
I think here the tax is something like 80%...put it this way: in Spain a pack would rarely cost you more than a couple of pounds, here they're getting on to £6 now...
Plus they recently had a VAT rise of £1 on them (I think it was a certain percentage on everything...or most things anyway), with the ONLY exception of fags (and some alcohol), that extra tax has been taken off everything. Because smokers apparently don't have the same human rights as everyone else...
quote:Originally posted by PublicName: ]Who cares if people think it's weed? Considering based on smell, it's obviously not, if anyone thinks it is, they're fucking stupid.
It has nothing to do with "looking cool" at all, it's the fact that it's much more inexpensive. You get a ton of rolls, a bag of tobacco, if I remember correctly(I only smoke on a very light occassion), is about the same price as 4 packs of cigarettes, and if you use it right it's going to save you a lot of money.
The only annoying thing is rolling cigs all the fucking time. Sometimes they don't come out right, sometimes they look like shit, etc etc. I guess you could buy a roller(I think most people do this anyways), they're fairly efficient. You can carry your cigs in a flask, or even a plastic bag.
Hope this helps!
Oddly enough - a pouch of Amber Leaf (25g) that makes, as near as makes no difference, 100 fags is slightly cheaper than a 20-deck...you have to buy filters, but they cost like £1 for 100.
And my main hang-up is I've been stopped by the police before now and searched coz he reckoned it was weed (saw me rolling at a distance and came up to me).
I carry mine in an old cigarillo tin actually I'd say cigarillo/cigarette tins are the best
I don't actually WANT to use a rolling machine lol I like the rolling been doing it for like a year now and takes me no time at all and they're rarely un-smokeable (though it tends to happen if you pack them too thinly - the paper burns, but the baccy doesn't burn with it, so there's a big gaping gap between the lit tobacco and the start of the paper - you can't inhale). Best way to save it is to roll thin.
Though I do pre-roll...getting to a party or a bar or something and realising you have to roll is as appealing as plucking my eyes out sometimes...
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Yeah rolling is nice, pre-rolling definitely better, it's so annoying especially at parties, since you just want to go out for a minute and have a smoke.
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quote:Originally posted by Flip flop fan: When I did my tour through England and France, almost everyone there smoked rolled smokes. They bought these kits that were a pouch of tobacco, papers, and even a pack of filters to roll into the smokes. I'm guessing since the price of petrol there is insane, it's similar to the situation here.
I quit two weeks ago on Monday, I smoked Belmont Mild and they ranged in price from $10.00 - $12.00 CAD.
I think here the tax is something like 80%...put it this way: in Spain a pack would rarely cost you more than a couple of pounds, here they're getting on to £6 now...
Plus they recently had a VAT rise of £1 on them (I think it was a certain percentage on everything...or most things anyway), with the ONLY exception of fags (and some alcohol), that extra tax has been taken off everything. Because smokers apparently don't have the same human rights as everyone else...
Nail on the head there, it's all tax. They have been slowly increasing it here. You can go to Mexico and smokes are like $2.
When I started they were around $3.50 a pack, and now they're up to $12 in some places.
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I'd say cigarillo/cigarette tins are the best 
