At least four roll-your-own tobacco shops that offer premium cigarettes at half the price of a carton of brand-name cigarettes have opened around the state in the past year. Customers save money by ...

WILMINGTON — The first time Shawn Kliros set eyes on the magic that a roll-your-own-cigarette machine can do, he was enthralled and impressed by its simplicity. “I thought it was pretty cool and ...

Like a sugar-starved child standing before a candy dispenser, a customer at V & K Smoke Shop in Quincy marvels at the 5-foot-tall, square machine churning out sticks of tobacco. The machine spits out ...

Tom Maier smoked Winston cigarettes for 40 years. Now in his 60s, he has decided to start rolling his own cigarettes at Cheap Smokes in White Center to save money. He said he didn’t think he’d like ...

Kai Ryssdal: The federal excise tax on a pack of cigarettes in this country is a dollar and a penny — $1.01. State and city taxes vary, but they’re often higher. In the end, it all adds up. In New ...

SPOKANE -- 'Roll your own' cigarette machines are popping up all across the state including several in Spokane. Now the machines are drawing concern from health officials as well as the federal ...

Michigan officials want to snuff out the use of an Ohio company's automated cigarette rolling machines at smoke shops that are seen as attractive by cost-conscious smokers. The Michigan Department of ...

WOOD DALE, Ill.—Scores of tobacco retailers in the U.S. are taking advantage of a federal tax loophole to offer deep discounts on roll-your-own cigarettes. But the practice is attracting scrutiny from ...

Kansas authorities have pulled the plug on about 20 automated roll-your-own cigarette retail outlets in Kansas, citing fire hazards from the machines. The Kansas Department of Revenue licenses the ...

Andres Calcedo pours tobacco into a cigarette manufacturing machine April 18 at Rock River Manufacturing, a cigarette, filtered cigar and pipe tobacco factory in Winnebago. Rock River Manufacturing is ...