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“Cigarette box bothered me because I don’t know if you want cigarettes exposed to light.”

Keep in mind the time frame of the article. I doubt light exposure was a major factor back then, especially if it was kept on a fireplace mantel or away from a window.

[goat granny]

way back when, people rolled their own cigaretts. I was thinking a home made jewelry box, but others have better ideas.

Today I roll my own and would use it for a cigarette box. Roll sometimes a carton at a time...while watching TV. As a child my father taught me to roll his cigarettes for him, not as good a the machines you get today...also how to fill a pipe. That is an art, too loose and it draws to fast , too tight and it does not draw at all.. He's been gone since 1988 and I still miss him...:O)