Big gubmint and big tobacco joined forces to crush the ‘roll your own’ business. Shops were opening up, where you could buy sleeves, filters, and bulk tobacco...stuff them into a machine...and presto it would roll a carton’s worth in a minute. Very cheap, and often at a lower tax rate.
So big tobacco started lobbying states (state fire marshals) to require that the paper sleeves would burn themselves out, if not puffed on...and said sleeves had to go through a gazillion dollar testing process first.
Very similar formula. With all the cig taxes, gubmint and the tobacco companies have a symbiotic relationship.
DANG! Way harsh...