Smoking Blue Rolling Paper Roll, 4 m

Some days you roll a short one for yourself, other days a long one to share. A booklet gives you the same sheet length for both. The Smoking Blue paper roll holds 4 metres of thin rolling paper, 44 mm wide, and you tear off the length you need.

What 4 metres gives you

At 44 mm, the roll is as wide as a King Size Slim sheet. Torn at 108 mm, the King Size Slim length, it gives 37 pieces; you get 33 sheets in a Smoking Blue King Size Slim booklet. Torn at 69 mm, the short Regular length, it gives 57.

The paper on a Smoking Blue roll

Blue is the thin, slow-burning line from Smoking, a brand of the Spanish paper maker Miquel y Costas that dates from 1924. This paper weighs less than 14 grams per square metre, and retailers describe it as nearly transparent. It carries the Smoking watermark and, according to Smoking, FSC certification. Smoking labels it tree-free: the maker says the pulp comes from plant textile fibres and that no trees are cut down for it. The gum strip is pure gum arabic from African acacia trees, without colourings or artificial additives.

How thin paper behaves

The choice, as Smoking explains it, is between ease of handling and burn speed: you get a slower burn from a light sheet and an easier roll from a heavy one. Even so, Smoking recommends Blue to people who are learning to roll and calls it easy to handle.

Not every buyer agrees. Among reviews of the Blue King Size booklets, one long-time smoker found the paper fiddly and reported that it fell apart in humid air. Most other reviewers gave five stars. If you often roll outdoors in wet weather, a heavier paper may suit you better.

Using a roll

Fold the paper where you want it to end, then tear along the fold. A retailer of the Smoking DeLuxe roll warns about ragged edges when the tear is hurried.
Bring your own filter tips. This version of the roll comes without them.
Keep the roll dry, and let fresh material dry a little before you roll. Thin paper weakens when it gets damp.