Abstract: A dispensing device for a paper web adapted to be carried in a pocket, purse or the like for holding a supply of paper and enabling a desired quantity of such paper to be readily dispensed. The paper may be that type used for rolling your own cigarette, cleaning eyeglass lenses, making notes and the like which are normally difficult to carry without becoming folded, crumpled or otherwise unusable. The dispenser includes a tubular housing receiving a roll of paper including a paper web and core rotatably mounted on a tubular spindle with one end of the paper web extending out through a discharge slot. A resilient band extends through the tubular spindle and biases the roll of paper against the wall of the tubular housing to resist free rotation thereof for controlling the discharge of paper through the discharge slot.