10 Best Roll Your Own Tobacco Shops, RYO Revolution Links

IMPORTANT NOTICE!

Roll Your Own (RYO) Tobacco prices Increased $24/lb on April 1, 2009
See the SCHIP Tobacco Tax Table for details of the New Federal Tobacco Tax Rate.

The Best Online RYO / MYO Tobacco & Accessory Shops
(In Alphabetical Order by URL)

Shipping costs and prices mentioned in the Top Shops List verified 6 April 2009.

American Thrust Tobacco LLC (800) 846-5856

Based in Champlain NY, American Thrust Tobacco carries a wide variety of bulk cigarette tobacco, papers, tubes and accessories at competitive prices. Stocking over 60 varieties of domestic and imported rolling tobacco (including 1839, Bali Shag, D & R and Peter Stokkebye). A great place to get started with RYO due to their wide selection of 1 oz tobacco sample packs for $3.00 each. They also offer injector machine repair parts and Free machine repair services with orders over $100. Shipping is $6.50 for orders under $50, $8.75 for orders under $250 with orders over $250 shipped Free.
http://www.americanthrusttobacco.com/ (Excellent Customer Service)

Bec's Accessories (Formerly D & R Tobacco) (877) 989-9458

D & R helped bring the Make Your Own (MYO) concept to America in 1992 and developed several cigarette tube brands, including the Ramback and Windsail lines and a new Ultra-Slim tube to compliment their premium tobaccos. They also carry a full line of papers, rollers, injectors and smokers accessories. With a friendly and knowledgeable staff providing outstanding customer service D & R set a standard for quality and satisfaction among RYO retailers that is now carried on at Bec's Accessories.

If there was ever anything to complain about with D&R it was their difficult to navigate and outdated website. The new site for Bec's Accessories provides an easy to navigate interface that includes descriptions and pictures of their complete inventory.
http://cigarettetobacco.com/ (All New Website)

D&R's 29 premium tobacco blends are available once again direct from the manufacturer in 14oz bags, 3.5oz cups and NEW 40g tins. The new website is Trisha's Cafe and the new toll-free number is (866) 942-1782.

Visit our D & R Tobacco page for more information and blend descriptions, also visit our dedicated D & R Tobacco Forum Category for user reviews and ongoing discussions.

7 Valleys Custom Blends (888) 253-6363

The online storefront for this Pennsylvania smoke-shop chain features over 30 Custom Blends of RYO/MYO tobacco, they also carry a large number of domestic and imported pipe and rolling tobacco brands as well as cigars and shisha at competitive prices. Their 6oz. bags of custom blended tobacco includes your choice of tubes or papers from a huge selection of brands and styles.

A great place for newbies to start due to their unique ability to recommend specific blends to ease the transition to RYO/MYO from a current pre-made cigarette brand. They also offer a huge number of smokers accessories and carry injector machine parts as well as offering tobacco samples of all their blends for $4 per oz. They take pride in their high quality of custom blended tobaccos and personalized customer service and continue to educate their customers as to the ongoing challenges facing tobacco consumers through their blog, newsletters and forum postings. International shipping is available.
http://www.customblends.com/ (Over 30 Custom Blends & Great Customer Service)

Lil' Brown Smoke Shack (800) 706-2480

Located on the Yakama Reservation in Yakima WA, LBSS have been selling premium and domestic cigars and tobaccos for over 40 years. They carry 35 brands of rolling tobacco and a large variety of cigarette tubes and papers, rollers & injection machines, chew, pipe and smokeless tobaccos and smoking accessories at Unbeatable Prices! Shipping charges range from $7 to $9 for UPS ground, $11 to $13 for UPS 3-day select, with next day air and COD also available. Their website although recently redesigned can still be somewhat difficult to navigate due to the sheer number of products they offer, but with enough mouse clicks you can find everything they carry. Their monthly and new product specials are usually worth a look, and with their discounted prices, the minor website navigation hassles are well worth the effort.
http://www.lilbrown.com (Lowest Prices on most tobaccos and accessories)

Pipes and Cigars (800) 494-9144

In addition to a wide assortment of bulk and tinned pipe tobaccos, pipes and cigars, they carry a full line of RYO tobacco, papers, tubes and accessories. Some of the RYO tobacco brands are hard to find elsewhere such as all 12 blends from "Peoples True Taste". Browsing their online store is a joy and actual shipping charges can be calculated from the shopping cart so that there are no surprises when finalizing your order. They also offer a price matching service for products found elsewhere cheaper and offer FREE UPS Ground Shipping on all orders over $100 to the lower 48 states.
http://www.pipesandcigars.com (Large variety of pipe & RYO tobaccos plus Price Matching)

Roll Your Own Tobacco Store (RYO Tobacco) (800) 962-5003 (Still in a post-SCHIP transition)

Associated with Wholesale Tobacco Distributors (Sheffield Exchange), RYOT carries a large variety of domestic and imported bulk and tinned tobaccos, chewing tobacco, cigarette rolling machines, rolling papers, cigarette tubes, injector machines & accessories. Filter tubes are sold in lots of 4 or 5 boxes (1000 tubes) from $12 (Zen) to $17.50 (Vera Cruz Nocturne). All orders are shipped USPS Priority mail for $8.95 flat-rate.
http://www.ryotobacco.com (Sagamore Tobacco Distributor)

Smokers Outlet Online (888) 802-2354

The online version of this Pennsylvania smoke-shop chain carries a variety of cigars, smokeless and chewing tobacco, plus a wide variety of rolling tobacco, tubes, papers, injectors, starter kits and accessories. Good selection and competitive prices plus a website that's easy to navigate make this a must visit destination, especially for those new to Roll Your Own. Their 3 bag (6 carton) special, priced at ~~$46.29~~ ~~$49.29~~ $137.80, includes your choice of 3 pounds of tobacco and 6 boxes of cigarette tubes which you can mix and match to your specifications. They also feature 25 box cigarette tube specials (Premier & Zen) for $45, and keep an eye open for their monthly specials. All orders are shipped quickly via USPS Express or Priority Mail at published rates with an added handling charge, communication & order tracking after the sale is top-notch.
International shipping available.
http://www.smokersoutletonline.com (Easy to Use Website, Fast Shipping)

You may have noticed that we are a few merchants short for our Top Ten RYO Shops list this month. Nominate your favorite Online Tobacco Retailer (Not already in the Top Ten) in the RYO Revolution Forum Online Shopping Section and we'll conduct a Poll later this month to add the shops with the most votes to the NEW Top Ten.

IMPORTANT NOTICE!
Roll Your Own (RYO) Tobacco prices Increased $24/lb on April 1, 2009
Due to the NEW Federal Tobacco Tax Rates! See the SCHIP Tobacco Tax Table for more Info.

RYO / MYO Tobacco & Accessory Shops (The Rest)

Black Cat Cigar Company
Specializing in cigars, also carries a good selection of RYO tobacco including D & R blends. Full catalog is available for download in PDF format.
http://www.blackcatcigars.com

Carey's Smoke Shop (previously SmokeCheap.com)
U.S. arm of E. A Carey Smoke Shop. Sells custom made pipes, cigars and (IMHO overpriced) RYO tobacco and accessories.
http://careysmokeshop.stores.yahoo.net

CigarLeaf.com (The Tobacco Shop)
Carries American Spirit and European blend RYO tobacco, papers, tubes and accessories as well as premium quality pipes and tobacco, imported cigars, lighters, specialty cigarettes and smoker's accessories.
http://www.cigarleaf.com

Cup O' Joes
With over 1000 pipes on display and a large variety of cigars, pipe tobaccos, special brew coffee and smoking accessories, this Queensbury, NY retailer has built a solid online reputation to enhance their storefront business which has operated since 1995. Domestic shipping fees are based on order totals, $6.95 up to $20, $7.95 up to $50, $8.95 up to $100, and a flat $9.95 over $100 and international orders are welcome. Their assortment of domestic and imported tobaccos that are definitely worth a look, although their redesigned website makes the RYO tobaccos and accessories hard to find. Try the following this link instead of hunting through the maze of links on their homepage Cup O' Joes RYO Cigarette Tobacco Section. International shipping available.
http://www.cupojoes.com/

Danny's KY Cigarettes No Longer selling RYO tobacco?
Located in Kentucky, they carry a variety of discount cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing and pipe tobaccos as well as an assortment of rolling tobacco at very competitive prices. Tube choices are limited to 9 varieties which are sold in lots of 5, for $8.95 to $16.50. Flat-rate shipping is $9 per order.
http://dannys-kycigarettes.com

Deweys SmokeShop
Tobacconist located in Rochester, NY carries a good selection of RYO tobaccos, cigars, smokeless and whole leaf tobacco at reasonable prices.
http://www.deweyavesmokeshop.com/

W. Curtis Draper Tobacconist Inc.
Located in Washington, DC. Sells fine Cigars, pipe tobacco, small selection of European blend RYO tobacco and accessories. Shipping is a flat-rate $5.50.
http://drapertobacco.com

Durango Smokeshop
Established in 1976 in Durango, CO., they carry a wide variety of custom-blended pipe tobaccos as well as cigars, imported cigarettes, and a small selection of RYO tobacco (no prices listed on website).
http://www.durangosmokeshop.com

gr8cigars.com (Xmoke City)
Located in Apache Junction, Arizona, they carry a huge variety of g8cigars, pipe and popular brands of rolling tobacco and RYO/MYO papers, tubes, blunt wraps and machines at competitive prices. Flat $5.95 shipping with FREE shipping on orders of $99.00 or more.
http://www.gr8cigars.com/

RollYourOwn.com (National Cigar Store)
In business nearly 100 years in Waterloo, IA selling cigars, pipes and a wide variety of rolling tobacco, tubes, papers and accessories. They carry a few hard to find domestic brands like Fresh Choice and Fresh Blend flavors and several different electric injectors.
http://www.rollyourown.com

RYO Cigarette
Carries a wide variety of RYO tobacco, tubes and papers as well as cigars and a variety of other tobacco products and accessories at some of the lowest prices anywhere. UPS ground shipping is $8.95 flat rate. Unfortunately, periodic reports of unresponsive customer service and re-occurring order disputes keep them out of our Top Ten for now, despite their competitive prices. Others have been very happy with their service making RYO Cigarette definitely worth your consideration.
http://www.ryocigarette.com

Randy's Tobacco Shop
This Indianapolis, IN. tobacconist carries a full line of cigars, pipes and accessories as well as RYO tobacco, papers, tubes and accessories. They list some hard to find European blends like Gauloises (but it seems to be because they were never removed from the website). They no longer accepts credit cards over the Internet which makes online ordering difficult.
http://www.thetobaccoshop.com

Value Tobacco
Located in Texas and currently carrying only Golden Harvest tobacco, the aggressive pricing on Premier and Zen cigarette tubes and reports of outstanding customer service makes Value Tobacco worth a visit.
http://www.valuetobacco.com/

ZiggyMart
Used to carry name brand and bulk rolling tobacco including some D & R blends. Products used to be quite competitively priced however pricing now seems to vary wildly on accessories and I can't find any tobacco listed on their site.
International shipping available.
http://www.smokeshack.com

Special Interest for Tobacco Users
(Anti Big Tobacco & Pro Tobacco - Blogs, Forums)

FORCES International
FORCES is an acronym of Fight Ordinances and Restrictions to Control and Eliminate Smoking. The message of FORCES is based on the values of liberty for every individual in his personal choices.
http://www.forces.org

The Gatlinburlier Tobacconist
Founded in 1978 by Dr. Ira T. Lapides in Gatlinburg, TN. after researching the relationship between health and the chemicals used in the production of cigarettes, they specialize in the sale of pipes, pipe tobacco, cigars, chewing tobacco and Jester RYO tobacco. Be sure to check-out the "Tobacco Cover up" section of the site which chronicles Dr. Lapides struggle to initiate a public debate about the difference between real tobacco and commercial cigarettes with chemical additives. After being ignored and ridiculed by 'big media' for years, he finally resorted to a hunger strike which he kept up for 22 days in 1993, only stopping after receiving an offer to air his views on the ABC News "Day One" program.
http://gatlinburlier.com

OJtheDog - Blog
A multipurpose blog and Bull Terrier information resource by one of RYO Revolution's forum members. Anything and everything goes from pimpin' his hound to the gritty reality of adapting to the socialistic trends prevalent in our changing society.
http://ojthedog.com/

RYOMag - Blog (Musings of a Desert Rat)
Blog by RYO Revolution forum member "mrsci", includes commentary and sections dedicated to Astronomy, Ban the Ban, RYO & MYO Tobacco, RV'ing, Technology, Web development and more.
http://ryomag.com/

Smoking Lobby Forum
An online smoker's rights forum founded in 1999 to promote the rights of smokers. The Forum includes a Roll Your Own section.
http://www.smokinglobby.com

Stuffing Your Own
A great RYO/MYO/SYO resource which includes an archive of user contributed reviews and advice regarding rolling tobacco brands, cigarette tubes, injector machines (and modifications), cigarette cases, storage containers, etc. SYO was the primary inspiration for my first RYO Information website which in turn led to the development of the RYO Revolution website and forums.
http://syo.dalrun.com/

The Rest of the Story - Blog
Dr. Michael Siegel's experience as a researcher in tobacco control have enabled him to evaluate tobacco control programs and policy interventions with refreshing insight. He is not a smoker, but effectively and intelligently refutes the lies behind tobacco control policies and news releases with something they often omit, Truth and Facts.
http://tobaccoanalysis.blogspot.com/

YeSmoke
OK this one is kinda freaky, YeSmoke was previously one of the largest online sellers of duty-free cigarettes, (roughly 6 million cartons per year) and operated out of Switzerland. Then Phillip Morris filed a $548 Million lawsuit against Yesmoke, and somehow took over their web domain yesmoke.com. Now YeSmoke's website is run from Italy, and they claim their sole mission now is to shout about the evils of the Big Tobacco Companies, convince us all how smoking is bad for us, list the chemical ingredients, and urge us to quit smoking, etc. Yet at the same time they are whining about how their innocent attempt to set-up a new cigarette manufacturing plant and distribution system in Switzerland is being held up by Big Tobacco Companies who are pressuring the Swiss credit card processing company. Huh? What?
http://www.yesmoke.eu

Tobacco Seed & Grow Your Own Info

Plantation House Tobacco Seeds
This U.K. based tobacco seed grower carries Virginia, Monte Calme, Connecticut and Maryland cigarette tobacco seeds as well as Havana cigar and a few pipe tobacco seeds. The site contains a wealth of knowledge and photos regarding growing, harvesting and curing. Active forums are also available to answer any questions.
http://www.coffinails.com

New Hope Seed Company
Growers and suppliers of open pollinated and heirloom vegetable seeds with over 150 years of family tradition of growing and harvesting tobacco in Tennessee, now offers 51 varieties of tobacco seed. Reportedly ships fast & seeds have relatively high pollination ratios.
http://www.newhopeseed.com

Seedman.com
A family owned and operated seed business established in 1992 sells thousands of rare and exotic flowering plants and shrub seeds, starter kits and growers supplies. 40 varieties of tobacco seeds to choose from, also available in kits with his growing and processing book, videos, fertilizers, etc. Free Wooden Kiln Instructions and How-to-Photos and an imported Home Tobacco Cutting Machine are also available.
http://www.seedman.com

Victory Seed Company
7 varieties of tobacco seeds grown and harvested in Oregon. They also sell a variety of heirloom and open pollinated flower, herb and vegetable seeds. Website has some growing, harvesting & Curing information, tobacco history and educational and informative links and pages devoted to heirloom seeds.
http://www.victoryseeds.com

Tobacco Talk by Dan Di Francesco
Possibly one of the worst looking websites and forums ever and seems to disappear from time to time due to being on a free web-hosting service. But anyone with an interest in growing tobacco should read through the site. Primarily aimed at those looking to grow & cure tobacco for hand-rolling cigars, much of the information can be applied to cigarette rolling tobacco as well.
http://tobaccotalk.itgo.com

Tobacco Magazines, Industry Publications

Pipes & Tobacco Magazine
Quarterly magazine with articles about pipes, pipe manufacturing, custom pipes, and tobaccos.
http://www.pt-magazine.com/

RYO Magazine
Launched in early 2000, Doug Kennedy's online magazine became THE authoritative voice for RYO and developments in the growing U.S. rolling tobacco industry. With separate sections covering injector machines, filter tubes, rolling papers and of course tobacco. New products and their manufacturers were regularly showcased. At times quarterly, but more recently annually, all the back issues are available online and are a must read for anyone with interest or engaged in business related to RYO/MYO. A recent addition is a multi-media section with videos demonstrating various injector machines, types of tobacco, how to determine if your tobacco is at the optimum moisture content, etc.
http://www.ryomagazine.com/

SmokeShop
Online version of printed magazine devoted to tobacco retailing. Features online smoke-shop finder and an annual guide of manufacturers and distributors.
http://www.smokeshopmag.com

Tobacconist Magazine
Official publication of the IPCPR (International Premium Cigar & Pipe Retailers Association).
http://tob.itsmyiq.com/home.php

Tobacco International
Serving the industry for over 120 years, Tobacco International is one of the oldest and most respected trade journals in the industry. The archives contain select articles which are indexed and search-able.
http://www.tobaccointernational.com

Tobacco Products Magazine
Formerly "Distribution International", this quarterly magazine is aimed at those seeking to improve their tobacco distribution business. Online archives are freely available.
http://www.tobaccoproductsmag.com

Tobacco Outlet Business Online
Online version of bi-monthly printed magazine, now in it's 10th year, devoted to tobacco retailing. Features legislative updates, tobacco plus expo highlights and more with fully indexed back issues freely available.
http://www.tobonline.com

Tobacco News, Information, Laws & History

ATF Online
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) enforces federal laws and regulations relating to alcohol, tobacco, firearms, explosives and arson. Site includes crime alert information, as well as an image archive and a statistics section.
http://www.atf.treas.gov

electronic cigarette
The electronic cigarette is a new and popular tobacco replacement device.
http://www.ecigarettestore.co.uk/

National Association of Tobacco Outlets
"An association organized to enhance the common business interests of tobacco outlets, to support the legislative interests of association members and to encourage the expansion of the tobacco outlet marketplace segment."
http://www.natocentral.org/

The Ontario Flue-Cured Tobacco Growers' Marketing Board
Provides market reports and auction summaries, important dates for the market and government contact information.
http://www.ontarioflue-cured.com

Tobacco BBS
Cigarettes, tobacco, and smoking-related news and issues, addresses, tobacco history, information on quitting, and a quote of the day section.
http://www.tobacco.org

Tobacco Blending
Offers a guide for pipe smokers. Includes indexes of original and hybrid blends, a search feature, how-to articles and a contact form.
http://tobaccoblending.com

Tobacco Documents Online
Allows online searching of millions of tobacco industry documents.
http://tobaccodocuments.org

Tobacco Facts
From British Columbia, lots of information on smoking and the tobacco industry in Canada.
http://www.tobaccofacts.org

Tobacco Papers - Tobacco Industry Advertising Documents Database
Search, display, and download over 650 documents from the UK tobacco industry's main advertising agencies ranging from 1994 to 1999; also provides case studies drawn from the documents.
http://www.tobaccopapers.com