Suppose you smoke one pack per day. 365 packs divided by 10 = 37 cartons.
The average price per carton in my area is $45.
That is $1665 per year.
You will pay more if you buy them by the pack. But I'll use the carton price.
Now, if you make your own:
1 lb = $10 = mild pipe tobacco. You will get more than 2 cartons out of 1 lb, but I won't count the extra. Consider it a bonus.
A years supply @ 1 pack per day is 19 lbs = $190
A cartons worth of tubes = $4. A years supply of tubes = $148
TOTAL COST = $338
Total SAVINGS = $1327
It takes me 10 minutes of lackadaisical effort to make a pack. So a years worth in time is (10x365)/60 is 60 hours per year.
For each hour you make your own cigs, you pay yourself $21 per hour. MINIMUM.
Poster Comment:
And to those that say "save it all and quit smoking", I tell you to fuck off. Everyone has a vice. I'll give up my vice when you give up trying to molest little kids.