Joe reached into his pants and low and behold, he came up with a handful of loosies. Being the great guy that he is, he let them fall all over Janice's pillow.
Single cigarettes bought in Detroit (or any urban area) off of gas station workers. Usually .50 cents each, the logic is that if a worker takes a pack, smokes half and then sells half he makes his $5.00 back that the pack would've cost him.
Also a safer way for gas stations to sell to minors, since the kid can just throw the cigarette on the ground when the po-po rolls by, and not have a pack on him.