So at some point I start growing tobacco in the basement :-)
Why? unrolled tobacco is pretty cheap, very cheap considering the tastes, and of good quality, probably better than any you could grow. Once you find a good unrolled tobacco, you might find that it is better when you roll your own, than anything that you can buy that is taxed. I would not go back to buying finished cigarettes even if they dropped all the taxes, it just doesnt taste as good as what I can make myself.