I started smoking in the same way as many people do, being a teenager wanting to fit in. Since my younger years I always smoked pre made cigarettes, and until a few years ago, I didn't really notice much of an effect on my wallet. Strange things started to happen in the economy and tax was blown higher on cigarettes, this hefty price rise made me turn to roll ups on the basic principal that they were cheaper, and I cannot deny this.

I cannot say that I ever want to go back to the old pre made cigarettes for a couple of reason:

The Cost - it costs a fraction of the money to smoke roll ups than it did to smoke pre mades.

The Health Difference - Now don't hold me to this, but I had heard that rolling tobacco was better for you than the regular ready made one, the claim to me was based on ready made cigarettes, although handy, were filled with chemicals and other nastyness to control the smoke time and strength of taste, rolling tobacco on the other hand doesn't go through this chemical process and is much fresher than its ready made counterpart.

To sum up, making your own cigarettes delivers exactly what you want, a smoke, and it comes with a much smaller price tag than other contenders, and can be changed further by changing your filters to a slimmer size, if you like. All in all, its just better to smoke rollies.