[Teacher317]

Brown grabbed a box of Swisher Sweet cigars and handed them to Johnson. [REDACTED] witnessed [REDACTED] tell Brown that he had to pay for those cigars first. That is when Brown reached across the counter and grabbed numerous packs of Swisher Sweets and turned to leave the store.

For those who don't know, Swisher Sweets are not actual cigars. They are cigarillos, and they are worth about 30-50 cents each. 99% of buyers actually cut them open length-wise, empty out the tobacco, and fill them with pot. This is called a "blunt". In most of the US, few smoke "joints" anymore (pot rolled into ZigZag papers). Blunts are far more popular, and Swisher Sweets are by far the most popular blunt-wrap of choice (they come in many flavors, like strawberry, peach, cherry, grape, white grape, etc)

[Teacher317]

Grabbing even a large handful would only be worth about $5-10. He was merely looking for blunt-wraps so he could smoke more weed and not be inconvenienced by going to the store to buy another 2-3 blunt-wraps each time he wanted to get high. Most who smoke pot only buy them as needed, and do not keep a supply on hand. (They get “stale” quickly, and that makes it tougher to roll into a blunt. They have to be soft and “fresh”, so buying a supply isn’t popular.)