Talk:Roll-your-own cigarette

Merge Shag (tobacco) with Roll-your-own cigarette
I'm proposing to merge the article on rolling tobacco with this article. Mainly I don't think there's need for a separate article on the process/product of rolling your own cigarettes, and the tobacco that's commonly used to do it, especially as both the pages themselves are quite short and the resulting page would definitely be a more complete reseource on roll-your-own cigarettes. The tobacco itself really only has one use so they aren't discrete, for example there isn't a separate article on snuff and the taking of snuff. Hunter&#39;s Tryst (talk) 05:15, 15 November 2018 (UTC)

Etymology
What about the more general sense of the phrase? Where does it come from? Seahen 20:40, 13 April 2006 (UTC)


 * First time ive heard it too (and ive smoked roll-ups for years), must be another yankee slang term that found its way onto this. I would suggest Rolling Tobacco or something ΤΕΡΡΑΣΙΔΙΩΣ (Ταλκ ) 07:15, 4 July 2008 (UTC)

We always call them 'rollies'... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.50.16.38 (talk) 16:12, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Rollies, RYO , Bungadare Inmates are often seen emu bobbing for Rollie butts — Preceding unsigned comment added by 49.195.134.161 (talk) 05:07, 19 April 2018 (UTC)

Health
Even without a filter, wouldnt the lack of added chemicals help somewhat? It seems like a filter is kinda pointless when smoking-a-bit-less would have the same effect, right?

Many who roll their own, including myself, do, in fact, insert a filter. Several companies sell loose filters for this purpose (I use rizzla).Now is relative 21:24, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

RYO [Roll Your Own] smokers tend to believe that RYO cigarettes are less harmful compared to factory-made (FM) cigarettes [1] despite evidence to suggest that RYO smokers are actually at increased risk for certain cancers [3-5]." [4]

"Smokers of hand-rolled cigarettes showed an increased risk of cancer of the mouth and pharynx (odds ratio [OR] = 2.5; 95% confidence limit = 1.2-5.2) when compared with smokers of manufactured cigarettes. Also, the risk of laryngeal cancer was greater among smokers of hand-rolled cigarettes (OR = 2.7; 95% confidence limit = 1.3-5.7) as compared with smokers of commercial cigarettes" [5]

"Many smokers believe that RYO cigarettes are more 'natural' and therefore are less harmful than manufactured cigarettes. The current findings suggest that this is not the case. " [6]

"... debunk the myths associated with rolling tobacco - it's not less harmful, it's not more natural and you're just as likely to develop smoking related illnesses." [7]

As referenced on the Misc reference desk on 13/03/2010 under the title smoking —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.172.58.82 (talk) 13:47, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

Additives
The talk of lack of additives is untrue. By way of citation I'm providing the ingredients list supplied by Gallagher Group, for their various tobacco products, including RYO tobacco. Rolling tobacco, while not containing ingredients such as Potassium Nitrate to ensure continual burning, it will usually contain flavouring additives in addition to preservatives necessitated by the water content of the product. The list of distinct additives in the Gallagher list is in-fact longer for rolling tobacco than its pre-rolled products. It is on this basis that I have removed the reference to rolling tobaccos lack of additives. JamJar (talk) 23:42, 13 September 2008 (UTC)

Culture
Should there be a section for the kinds of people who smoke them, bohemian culture, hipsters,1920s detective movies(the detective always rolls his own cigs)? I always think of them as having a cooler image or classier--67.86.119.65 (talk) 04:23, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

You're forgetting inmates and halfway-house residents. Very classy indeed. 74.241.76.64 (talk) 02:36, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Requested move 16 August 2014

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The result of the move request was: moved to Roll-your-own cigarette. Jenks24 (talk) 14:00, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

Roll-Your-Own → Roll-your-own – No need for consecutive words to be capitalized for Wikipedia titles. MOS has nothing to say about this matter, but most style guides agree. – WikiWinters (talk) 01:49, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Comment: I'm a bit confused about why you marked this request as contested, but anyhow, I seriously wonder about the relationship with Roll your own. Probably a different WP:Disambiguation would be better. As for the capitalization, please see WP:NCCAPS, which I believe supports your view on that aspect. —BarrelProof (talk) 03:18, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
 * (The "contested" marking was later removed.) —BarrelProof (talk) 21:05, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Roll-your-own cigarette would be an appropriate noun title that would identify the topic. Dicklyon (talk) 04:40, 16 August 2014 (UTC)
 * That seems good to me. —BarrelProof (talk) 21:05, 16 August 2014 (UTC)


 * Due to the existence of the unrelated roll your own article and the fact that this article is only about roll-your-own cigarettes, I support a move to Roll-your-own cigarette per WP:NOUN. —  AjaxSmack   02:44, 17 August 2014 (UTC)
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