Brookline tobacco shop told to cease use of roll-your-own machines


	Brookline tobacco shop told to cease use of roll-your-own machines

ofcapri

8-19-2009 9:27 AM

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Tobacco Haven, near the Massachusetts state line on Route 13, has installed two commercial cigarette-making machines. People buy loose tobacco, rolling papers and filters, then use the machine to create their own cigarettes at about half the cost of a typical pack of Marlboros.

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