Rolling Paper - Dimensions

Dimensions

Most manufacturers who sell in the USA use the designations 1 (Single wide), 1¼ size, 1½ size and “Doublewide” (2 or 2.0) in connection with cigarette rolling papers. However, within the industry, these designations have slightly different meanings, much like the term Corona does not mean a definitive size but moreover a general size. Across the various brands of cigarette papers the actual widths of the papers using these designations vary greatly. For example, the 1¼ designation is used with papers having widths ranging from about 1.7 inches to 2 inches, and the 1½ designation is used with papers having widths ranging from around 2.4 to 3 inches. However the length of these papers is always 78mm (+/- 1mm). 11⁄₄ is also known as "Spanish Size" or "French" in parts of the world.

While a 11⁄₄ sized paper is not exactly 25% larger than a 1 (single wide) paper, there is meaning to these size names. A better way to describe these accurately is that a 11⁄₄ is designed to roll a cigarette that contains about 25% more filler than a single wide paper. Similarly a 11⁄₂ size paper is designed to roll a cigarette that contains about 50% more than a single wide paper. A 11⁄₄ size paper is larger than a 1 (single wide) paper and naturally a 11⁄₂ size paper is larger than a 11⁄₄ size paper, and a double wide is larger than a 11⁄₂ size paper.

King Size is another multi-meaning term. While a King Size cigarette is typically 84mm long, a King Size rolling paper is either 100mm or 110mm in length.