Established in 1993 In 1993, Mark Tucci, one of the founders of Planet RYO, had the vision to see the changing habits of the modern smoker and their desire to have an alternative to the high priced, chemically laden packaged cigarettes. With that focus, he and his wife Frances opened their first store and began developing their proprietary brand of no fillers 100% tobacco RYO blends that are formulated to be better versions of major cigarette brands. Planet RYO is the exclusive retailer of the full line of 27 Custom Blends® tobaccos and offers the largest selection of blends, tubes and supplies in the market. The shops also carry a large selection of premium cigars, hookah tobaccos, true pipe tobaccos, vape supplies, gifts and all smoking related apparatus. The success of the business model led to the development of a smoke shop franchise system and the company currently has 5 prospering stores in Pennsylvania and franchises are available.