[KyGeezer]

The morons never learn...raise taxes and lose revenue.

[Genoa]

In college my buddies and I rolled our own: Borkum Riff in a Zig Zag.

[y6162]

Cigs are 8.99 in Ct.

[Paleo Conservative]

The move to small cigars and roll-your-own cigarettes is a national trend. The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that states have lost $5 billion a year because people are using alternatives that have no state retail cigarette tax.

What's the difference between a small cigar and a cigarette? "Cigarette" literally means "small cigar".

[FourPeas]

It seems once one is employed in public service, the notion of unintended consequences becomes unfathomable.

[sickoflibs]

RE :"State officials say more and more people are turning to cheaper alternatives — little cigars and roll-your-own cigarettes — that aren't covered by the state's 60-cent-a-pack tax. "

I gave up smoking decades ago but 'roll your own' to avoid the taxes is a great idea (no filters I assume.) It's so 1920s/Temporance/bootleg like.

And states like Maryland that patrol the borders looking for residents bringing cigarettes in probably are not looking for plain tabacco.

[Windflier]

My wife and I switched to the little cigars two years ago. They actually taste better than regular cigarettes, and cost two thirds less.

Funny how the state’s revenue from cigarette taxes dropped when they raised the rate, huh? Libs never learn.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

It was now a few years ago that they jacked up the taxes on canned tobacco, which hurt a lot of very poor people.

That “it is for their own good” is a b.s. argument, when taking away the few, small pleasures they have.

I would suggest that anyone who uses this line of argument should be prohibited from eating food in restaurants, because it is less healthy, as a rule, than food prepared at home. And “it is for their own good”, to deprive them of something *they* find pleasing.

[facedown]

[KarlInOhio]

Back in 2009 they jacked up the federal tax on loose tobacco from $1/pound to over $24/pound to keep people from stealing money from the government (cough, cough) by rolling their own.

[FerociousRabbit]

Kentuckians continue to smoke and they are rolling their own — but it sure ain’t tobacco!

[Izzy Dunne]

U.S. Department of Justice estimates that states have lost $5 billion a year

Anybody else notice the stoopid attitude in this statement?

[yarddog]

I used to have an Uncle Buck who was an interesting person to say the least. He would have made a good Hollywood character actor. He was always interesting to be around. He had been a hobo during the depression, a blacksmith, a sawmill operator and a lot of other things.

To a little kid, one fascinating thing was watching him roll a cigarette. He would take out a wrapper, hold it between two fingers then tap some tobacco from a “Prince Albert” can and in around 2 seconds, lick one end of the paper and have a rolled up cigarette. The whole thing took maybe 6 or 7 seconds.

[KosmicKitty]

While I wish my son would stop smoking, he and a friend are growing tobacco. I can’t wait to see how that works out.

[Dahoser]

The missus smokes and has been making her own cigarettes with an injector for at least five years now courtesy of a thread here on Free Republic. I just googled it:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1310901/posts

A belated thanks to Randall Flagg who was the author.

[Matchett-PI]

bttt

[laweeks]

Bully for them. All the more power to them. I’m not a smoker, but I love screwing the government out of tax dollars. GO FOR IT!

[struggle]

You can get a 10 pack of mini-Romeo y Julietta at most CVS’ for 10-14$.

[Scotsman will be Free]

You can get smokes from the Indian res tax free. That makes ‘em a lot cheaper. The higher the taxes the more smuggling that goes on.