How to roll a cigarette? Full tutorial

The price of tobacco continues to rise and smokers' budgets are being squeezed! Industrial cigarettes are therefore being abandoned in favour of rolling tobacco. However, rolling a cigarette by hand or with the help of a rolling machine or tubing machine requires a certain amount of agility and a minimum of training. Thanks to Mistersmoke, you can easily learn how to roll a cigarette in a few seconds! This guide shows you different methods of making a cigarette yourself and how to save money.

You can learn to roll a cigarette!

Tips :

For beginners, we advise you to train in a quiet place on a flat surface.
Use fresh tobacco: if the tobacco is too dry, it will not fit in the rolling sheet. rolling sheet. To keep your tobacco fresh, we recommend using a Tobacco Pouch.

How do you roll a filtered cigarette?

Material: Rolling sheet | Foam or cardboard filter | Tobacco

Note: The filter keeps tobacco out of the mouth and limits the absorption of tar.

Take a sheet of rolling paper and place it on a table or in your hand with the glue strip facing up.
Spread the tobacco evenly in the groove of the rolling leaf. Neither too much nor too little tobacco, the amount of tobacco will depend on your taste.
Place the filter inside the sheet, at the right end to the left. If you are right-handed, it will be easier to place it on the right.
Hold each end of the leaf between your thumb and forefinger and roll the 2 edges of the leaf over each other several times to position the tobacco correctly and pack it down.
Once the tobacco is properly distributed, block the two lower ends of the leaf with your thumbs.
Fold over the two top edges of the sheet with the index fingers.
Continue to roll the sheet up to the sticky part.
Moisten the strip of glue with your tongue and fold it over to glue the sheet.

Tips :

Do not hesitate to moisten your fingertips to ensure a good adhesion with the sheet to be rolled, rolling will be facilitated.
If you don't have a filter on hand, you can make one with a cardboard end like a subway ticket (tip: : how to make a toncar?).
To make classic cigarettes, use short sheets also called regular. For long cigarettes, use slim sheets.
Once your cigarette is rolled, pack the tobacco by tapping the cigarette up and down on a flat surface, filter down.

How do you roll a cigarette without a filter?

Material: Rolling sheet | Tobacco

Fill in the rolling sheet. Position your leaf horizontally and fill it with tobacco.
Roll the sheet. Hold the edges of the sheet with your thumbs and index fingers. Slide the edges together to pack the tobacco. Make sure that the tobacco is sufficiently packed to prevent air from forming. This will prevent the tobacco from burning evenly.
Close the sheet. Lick the rolling sheet from left to right and fold the sheet over to seal the cigarette.

Tips :

Do not hesitate to moisten your fingertips to ensure good adhesion with the sheet to be rolled, rolling will be easier.
To make classic cigarettes, use short sheets also called regular. For long cigarettes, use slim sheets.
Once your cigarette is rolled, pack the tobacco by tapping the cigarette up and down on a flat surface, filter down.

How do you roll a cigarette with a rolling machine?

Material: Rolling machine | Rolling sheet | Filter | Tobacco

The cigarette vending machines are very practical, don't cost much and take up very little space.

Place the cigarette filter at one end of the roller and put the tobacco between the two rollers.
Distribute the tobacco evenly along the entire length of the roller.
Bring the two rollers together and slide them to pack the tobacco.
Insert the sheet to be rolled between the two rollers with the glue strip facing upwards.
Turn the rollers to wrap the leaf around the tobacco.
Let the glue strip protrude and moisten it with your tongue.
Turn the rollers again to close the cigarette.

How to make a cigarette with a Tube filling machine ?

Material: Tube filling machine | Rolling sheet | Filter | Tobacco

Find out how to tube a cigarette below.

There are different types of Tube filling machines : Tube filling machine classic (single, double or triple), Tube filling machine table and Tube filling machine electric for even greater speed.

Open the Tube filling machine and put the tobacco into the Tube filling machine.
Lightly press with your fingers and slightly close the Tube filling machine.
Place the cigarette tube empty in the nozzle provided for this purpose.
Close Tube filling machine completely.
Operate the mechanism by moving the top of the Tube filling machine from left to right or press the start button for the electricTube filling machines .

Take a look at our flagship product: the electric tubing machine. Thanks to its automatic mechanism, the Tube filling machine electric machine will save you a considerable amount of time when making your cigarettes!

Tips :
Buy tube tobacco. The special tube tobacco is thinner and ground to be perfectly suitable for theuse of a Tube filling machine.