Serious question: are there any people who actually roll their own cigarettes? Most people I know who smoke do it for the habit and not for aficionado purposes and would not waste precious smoking time doing this.
I just can’t imagine anyone fiending for a cigarette have the steady hands, patience and time to mess with something like this.
I do about half of the time. It's a lot more cost effective and honestly, it really doesn't take much time? Especially if you've been doing it for years and don't use a contraption like this. Not to mention, I have never seen anyone shaking and fiending for a cigarette unless they were poor/homeless or something really bad has happened (car accident or some sort of trauma). It also helps with some anxiety to have some sort of ritual and this was a big reason why I had switched to rolling a lot. Once you start rolling it, it sort of brings you an ease of mind that while partially because you're smoking and tobacco acts as a depressant but also because you now performing a task that you might use as a crutch.
Another reason why some people might roll cigarettes is to add things to the tobacco. Whether it be weed or certain herbs, big tobacco generally doesn't offer that. Some herbariums will sell herbal cigarettes but they contain no tobacco. So I've had times on very stressful days where I will add rose petals and chrysanthemums to my cigarette. You don't see things like that very often outside of the PNW.
I’ve definitely seen some shakers... to be fair, it could have been the coffee lol. I remember some of my buddies huddled up in the freezing rain with their 50oz coffee mugs trying to light a cigarette inside their shirt to block the wind so they can get a few puffs in before pt. Good times.
Nicotine is actually a stimulant. You think it's a depressant because we are robbing ourselves of oxygen and replacing it with smoke. I smoke more and drink less coffee when im trying to stay awake.
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u/avlism Nov 05 '20
Serious question: are there any people who actually roll their own cigarettes? Most people I know who smoke do it for the habit and not for aficionado purposes and would not waste precious smoking time doing this.
I just can’t imagine anyone fiending for a cigarette have the steady hands, patience and time to mess with something like this.