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San Lorenzo's Secret?
Via Panisperna itself is worth a slow walk before or after, since the name comes from the panisperna, the rope of bread the Poor Clares used to hand out from the convent that once stood here. Most people just use the street as a cut-through between Via Nazionale and the Monti and never clock the connection to the church. Inside, the sacristy has a small 17th century wooden crucifix that's easy to walk past, and the sacristan will usually let you look if you ask politely and it's not during mass. Mornings before 9 are your best bet, the light through the clerestory windows hits the counter-facade just right then.
the crypt is cool but the real thing people miss is the chapel to the left of the main altar, the one with the fresco cycle attributed to a follower of Antoniazzo Romano. most visitors walk straight past it toward the nave. also worth knowing: this is traditionally the site where St Lawrence was martyred on the gridiron, and there's a spot near the sacristy door where an old inscription references the "cataletto" (the little grill), which hardly anyone notices. if you go on a weekday morning around 8 you'll basically have the whole place to yourself, the 7:30 mass crowd clears out fast
If you're going to San Lorenzo in Panisperna, look at the floor before you look up. There's a slab near the third chapel on the right with a worn inscription to a French bishop who died in Rome in the 1400s, and it's one of the few surviving bits of the original medieval pavement. The church was rebuilt under Paul IV in the 1560s, so most of what you see is Counter-Reformation, but that stone predates all of it. Weekday afternoons around 4 are dead quiet, the light is poor but you'll have the nave to yourself.
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What are current tobacco prices for LM Blue or Chesterfield Blue?
tbh duty free at Riga is only worth it if you're buying cartons, single packs at the airport arent that much cheaper than teh tabaccai in Rome. also remember you can only bring a limited amount into the EU anyway so stockpiling has its limits
Chesterfield Blue usually runs around 5.50 to 6 euros a pack in Rome these days, though tabaccai prices are fixed by the state so it won't vary much shop to shop. Riga is generally cheaper for cigarettes but your layover time matters, if it's tight you might not have time to clear security and find a shop.
LM Blue in Rome is roughly the same ballpark, around 5.50 to 6 euros. One thing to keep in mind at Riga airport, the duty free selection isn't always great for specific brands like these, so if you're set on LM or Chesterfield you might strike out. I'd check what the actual duty free has before counting on it.