OMG, roll your own has been around since tobacco started being smoked.
Your RJ Reynolds “story” sounds like urban myth. I know roll your own folks today and the machines still exist. Geez, where do people come up with this crap?
Where did I come up with this crap?
My local paper.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2012/mar/24/state-shuts-down-roll-your-own-cigarette-machines/
And here's a photo of the mythical machine: