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Mysterious Graffiti
If you want to compare what you saw against genuine ancient graffiti, the Terme di Caracalla has scratched inscriptions in the changing rooms that are far more legible than the stuff at the tomb, and nobody crowds them. On the Sulpicio Massimo question specifically, the poem itself is Greek and Latin set up by his father, and the tomb was found in 1894 near the Casal de' Pazzi area, so some of the "ancient-looking" marks are just later hands imitating the lettering they could see. A good magnifying glass beats a phone camera for this, since incised lines catch raking light differently and you can usually tell a chisel from a nail point.
What you're probably looking at is a mix of late antique hands and much later additions, and the giveaway is the tool marks. Ancient graffiti on marble tends to be scratched with a sharp point, thin and uneven, while the neater "stylized" lettering you saw was often done with a chisel by 17th and 18th century visitors who wanted their names to look like they belonged there. Some of it is catalogued in the CIL, the Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum, though the tomb's later additions aren't always separated cleanly from the ancient text. If you go back, bring a small flashlight and look at the lower right face of the stone, that's where the medieval pilgrim marks cluster, usually crosses and single letters rather than full names.
honestly the graffiti on Quinto Sulpicio Massimo's tomb is a whole genre. that kid died at 11 and his dad put up a poem in Greek and Latin, and then over the centuries people kept adding to it, some of it medieval, some Renaissance, pilgrims leaving marks. the "stylized" look you saw is probably 18th or 19th century antiquarians carving their initials in a font they thought looked classical. real ancient graffiti in Rome tends to be way messier, look at the stuff in the Domus Aurea or the Paedagogium on the Palatine, that's actual scratch marks. fwiw the tomb gets almost no visitors so you basically had it to yourself, which is rare for anything this old in Rome.
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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.