Bryan Haynes, an attorney representing the company, which was founded in 2008, said RYO’s machines are not in the same league as commercial cigarette-making equipment.

The cigarette machines, produced by an Ohio-based company called Roll-Your-Own (RYO) Machines automate the rolling process by grinding and packing tobacco into 200 cigarette tubes in less than 9 ...

Shops popping up The machines took a couple of years to gain popularity in Washington. Phil Accordino, president of RYO Machine Rental, said the Ohio company has 1,000 machines in 35 states.

On Thursday, Charlie Saliby of Guimond Farms convenience store on Rhode Island Avenue began telling his 100 or more daily roll-your-own cigarette customers that their business partnership was on ...

A roll-your-own machine can produce a carton's worth of cigarettes for about $20, as opposed to the $50 or more you would pay for the leading national brand at a convenience store.

If the bill is signed into state legislature, it would tax the use of automated rolling machines and would shut down Roll Your Own cigarette stores across Michigan.

RYO President Phil Accordino said the 790-pound machines shouldn't be considered cigarette-manufacturing equipment because they're much slower than those used by big cigarette makers. He said the ...

At Smoke Zone, a store in this Chicago suburb, customers one recent afternoon flocked to two high-speed rolling machines that produce a carton of cigarettes in eight minutes. The price: $21—less ...

A small tobacco shop in Brookline has generated a make-your-own-cigarette operation that has throngs of smokers, plus the acting state attorney general, knocking at its door. Tobacco Haven, near the ...

The Kansas State Fire Marshall pulls the plug on about 20 automated roll-your-own cigarette retail outlet stores in Kansas, citing fire hazards from the machines.

But a few paragraphs added to the transportation bill changed the definition of a cigarette manufacturer to cover thousands of roll-your-own operations nationwide.