How To Make Your Own Filtered Cigarettes

How To Make Your Own Filtered Cigarettes FARM HOME Miscellaneous 29-5-31 If you like to smoke but don't like the taxes or additives connected with commercial cigarettes, maybe it's time to make your own. Universal Supply, Inc. sells everything a cigarette smoker needs, from the tobacco to humidors to filtered cigarette paper. You can make your own for as little as 76 cents a pack. "We offer all-natural tobacco without any of the additives used in factory-made cigarettes," says Vernon Harris, Universal's general manager. "Avoiding all those additives is part of the reason for growth in the make-your-own market, but the primary increase is due to high taxes on purchased cigarettes." Harris notes that if you live in New York City, you will pay a city tax, county tax, state tax and federal tax. In fact, taxes now comprise 82 percent of the average cost of a pack of cigarettes. Universal offers 6 models ranging in price from $10 to $42. All models inject the packed tobacco into paper tubes with filters already in place. The lower cost models require the operator to manually tamp the tobacco into the injector. The higher end machines compress and inject with the turn of a crank and can make regular, king size and 100 mm cigarettes. Although the company markets its products via website as well as by mail and telephone, sales are limited to U.S. customers. "We have inquiries from all over the world, but we don't ship outside the U.S. It's getting tough enough just to sell in this country with all the regulations," says Harris. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Universal Supply Inc., P.O. Box 2648, Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 (ph 828 293-2222 or 800 241-8171; fax 828 293-2221; sales@makeyourowncigs.com; www.makeyourowncigs.com).

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