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.
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