/johnny
Under the law you must pay the tax even if you grow your own.
They expect the tax if you make your own fuel as well.
And it grows VERY readily in Panama, and my good Panameno friends are artists in curing and flavouring it. Forget rolling your own; grow your own. You would outright call me a liar if I were to tell you how cheaply this can be done here (and, doubtless, many other places).
“BTW, tobacco grows in almost every state of the union, and really isn’t that hard to grow or process. Tax free. “
I know. Family has a small tobacco farm.