Cigs in my state are much lower taxed but the cost/carton has went from 32 bucks to 38. I bought a cig making machine and the tobacco and filtered tubes and am spending slightly less than 15 per carton. Bought the machine at a yard sale from a guy who quit for 5 bucks. I had never seen one and there was no book with it, but I figured it out. Top-O-Matic is the brand name.
“Top-O-Matic”
You can still buy ‘em new, but looks like you got a good deal at the yard sale:
http://www.amazon.com/Lighter-USA-T2MAC-Top-O-Matic-Cigarette/dp/B002SR9PPY
Do some searching. I buy tobacco & tubes in bulk and paying about $5 a carton.