Jump to full article: ThinkSpain.com (es), 2009-08-30
Intro: SALES of roll-your-own tobacco have rocketed so far this year, with an increase of around 60 per cent seen across Spain.
This is partly thought to be due to people's perception that loose tobacco is less harmful than cigarettes, but mainly because it is cheaper.
Others say roll-your-own cigarettes are less habit-forming, since people are less likely to smoke them if they have to spend time making them up rather than simply reaching automatically for a cigarette from a packet.
Although a pouch of tobacco, together with the rolling papers and filters required, can cost 4.50 euros, it contains enough to make 60 cigarettes, compared to a packet of 20 ready-made cigarettes at an average of three euros. . . .
Roll-your-own tobacco now represents 15 per cent of all sales, with the rest being cigarettes in packets.
This trend is more popular amongst the young, and mainly men, although a significant number of female smokers have now switched to tobacco and rolling papers.
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