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[[File:Hand rolled.jpg|thumb|upright=1.35|A roll-your-own cigarette]]

A '''roll-your-own''' ('''RYO''') '''cigarette''', also called a '''handrolled cigarette''', '''roll-up''' or '''rollie''', is a [[cigarette]] made from loose [[tobacco]] (usually a ''[[shag (tobacco)|shag]]'' cut) and [[rolling paper]]. Factory-made cigarettes are called industrial or tailor-made cigarettes.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theconthatkills.org.au/how-are-tailor-mades-manipulated | title=How are tailor-mades manipulated? }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.tobaccoinaustralia.org.au/chapter-12-tobacco-products/12-2-other-types-of-tobacco-products |last=Winnall |first=WR |last2=Scollo |first2=MM |chapter=12.2 Other types of tobacco products |editor-last1=Greenhalgh |editor-first1=EM |editor-last2=Scollo |editor-first2=MM |editor-last3=Winstanley |editor-first3=MH |title=Tobacco in Australia: Facts and issues. |location=Melbourne |publisher=Cancer Council Victoria |year=2022}}</ref>

==Rolling tobacco==
Rolling tobacco, or cigarette [[tobacco]], is the primary tobacco used for RYO cigarettes. It is generally packaged in pouches.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Scollo |first1=Michelle |last2=Zacher |first2=Meghan |last3=Coomber |first3=Kerri |last4=Bayly |first4=Megan |last5=Wakefield |first5=Melanie |title=Changes in use of types of tobacco products by pack sizes and price segments, prices paid and consumption following the introduction of plain packaging in Australia |journal=Tob Control |date=April 2015 |volume=24 |issue=Suppl 2 |pages=ii66–ii75 |doi=10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-052071|pmid=28407614 |pmc=4401343 |doi-access=free }}</ref> 

After 2009, the United States federal tax rate on RYO tobacco was raised from $1.0969 per pound to $24.78 per pound.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/27/41.30|title=27 CFR 41.30 – Pipe tobacco and roll-your-own tobacco tax rates |access-date=30 May 2015}}</ref>  This increase has caused many people to switch to using [[pipe tobacco]] to make cigarettes, since the pipe tobacco tax rate was also increased, but only to $2.83 per pound.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drugfree.org/join-together/bill-would-close-tax-code-loophole-on-roll-your-own-tobacco/ |title=Bill Would Close Tax Code Loophole on Roll-Your-Own Tobacco |work=Partnership for Drug-Free Kids |access-date=30 May 2015}}</ref>

In Australia, loose tobacco was taxed less than manufactured cigarettes until September 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The truth about rollies? Warning: it ain't pretty |url=https://www.quit.org.au/articles/truth-about-rollies-warning-it-aint-pretty/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=quit.org.au |language=en}}</ref>

==Cigarette rolling==
[[File:Zigarettendrehmaschine.jpg|thumb|left|German cigarette roller]]
Cigarette rolling may be done either by hand of with a {{ill|cigarette roller|de|Zigarettendrehmaschine}}. It should not be confused with  {{ill|cigarette stuffer|de|Zigarettenstopfer}}.

[[File:Козья ножка.jpg|thumb|"Goat's leg" rolling]]
In Russia a special kind of self-rolled cigarette was in use, called "goat's leg" ({{langx|ru|козья ножка}}). A paper (commonly a newspaper paper) was rolled in a cone, which was bent in half in the middle and the wider part was filled with tobacco. In a way, it resembled a [[tobacco pipe]].<ref>[https://mir-tabaka.su/Istoriya-samokrutok-delaut-a-2063.html История самокруток и как их делают]</ref>

==Prevalence==
Relatively few smokers in the US, only 6.7%, actually roll their own cigarettes.<ref name=":0" /> In contrast, this rate was 17.1% in Canada, 24.2% in Australia, and 28.4% in the UK.<ref name=":0">{{cite journal|title=Prevalence and attributes of roll-your-own smokers in the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey| pmc=2593057 | pmid=16754951 | doi=10.1136/tc.2005.013268| volume=15| year=2006| journal=Tob Control| pages=iii76–82 | last1 = Young | first1 = D | last2 = Borland | first2 = R | last3 = Hammond | first3 = D | last4 = Cummings | first4 = KM | last5 = Devlin | first5 = E | last6 = Yong | first6 = HH | last7 = O'Connor | first7 = RJ| issue=Suppl 3 }}</ref> Reasons for this difference include the generally lower price of traditional cigarettes in most states in the US compared to Canada and Europe.<ref name=":0" />

==See also==
* [[Do it yourself]]
* [[Joint (cannabis)]]
* [[List of rolling papers]]
* [[Shag (tobacco)]]
* [[Tobacco smoking]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite web|url=http://codes.lp.findlaw.com/uscode/26/E/52/A/5702 |title=26 U.S.C. § 5702 : US Code – Section 5702: Definitions |publisher=Codes.lp.findlaw.com |access-date=2013-11-11}} US tax code definitions

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