I smoke like I have since I was 15/16....the numbers per 100,000 are nominal as far as usage/cancer ...blah blah blah. They cite the “advertizing” which the TOBACCO industry stalled as to why teens still smoke ... B.S. the settlement did nothing except make scumbag lawyers rich and smokers ended up footing the/all costs. I now buy “pipe tobacco” at a price of 14-16 dollars a pound and roll my own . One pound lasts 3-4 months ...so the state and fed lose thier precious tax money from “per pack” sale with me as pipe tobacco is in a far lower tax class. I find it sad every comment is like listening to the tripe spewed by all who profited by squeezing the tobacco farmers whose ancestors got this country going.....not interested in non-smokers gripes , you would be screaming bloody murder if the tax revenue were not in the till’s for states and federal usage ... I am a smoker of tobacco and I enjoy it to no end , besides coffee it is my only real vice.
I agree with you... every word!
The rest of you...I’ll give you my coffee and cigs when you pry them from my cold, dead hands.
Roll Your Own loophole of pipe tobacco will be closed someday.
Started smoking when I was 11 years old, my Dad taught me how to roll.
Been growing my own tobacco for about 15 years.
Cure, cut, and twist.
One cut for the pipe (coarse), one cut for the cigarette (fine), twist for the chew.
Don’t spend money on tobacco anymore, just papers.
Little bit of labor (which you would spend on the dollars for store bought anyway) and NO TAXES.
I smoked until CA. raised the price of a pack to 7.80, I started using e-cigs and I LOVE them, no smell, no staining of walls and ceilings, AND I am saving a TON of money!!!! CA. thought they would make a TON of tax money HA, HA not working out that way!!!!!