Abstract:
A smoking article provides a purchased, as-built cigar that can be disassembled to form multiple cigars, enabling a consumer to make his or her own cigars using custom tobacco filler. The as-built cigar is capped as part of its construction, preferably at one end or at both ends. A smoker removes the cap or caps to enable smoking of the as-built cigar or disassembly into layers. Each layer can then be rolled with a smoker&#39;s custom tobacco. The inner layer contains tobacco filler. Upon disassembly, the inner layer and tobacco filler can be smoked. Alternatively, the inner layer can be pulled apart at a provided serration to discard the tobacco filler and then filled and rolled with a smoker&#39;s custom tobacco filler material.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/920,421, filed Jun. 18, 2013 (issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,800,570 on Aug. 12, 2014), which is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/545,319, filed Jul. 10, 2012 (issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,464,727 on Jun. 18, 2013), which was a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/463,785, filed May 11, 2009 (issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,215,316 on Jul. 10, 2012), which applications are incorporated herein by reference and to which priority is hereby claimed. 
    
    
     STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT 
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     REFERENCE TO A “MICROFICHE APPENDIX” 
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     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to tobacco products, namely a cigar that enables a smoker or consumer to fabricate one or more custom cigars by disassembly of an original cigar, allowing the smoker or consumer to choose his or her own tobacco fill material for each custom cigar. 
     BACKGROUND 
     In recent years, smoking of cigars has become fashionable and numerous cigar shops have opened around the world to satisfy this growing trend. The variety, quality and size of ready-made cigars satisfy the majority of the public. However, a small segment of connoisseurs insist that nothing can compare with the taste and smell of custom-blended tobacco products. These knowledgeable individuals are very selective in the manner in which their cigars are rolled and in the grade of tobacco used. 
     A still smaller segment of cigar aficionados prefers to roll their own cigars. They buy tobacco leaves or cigar wrapping and use their preferred brand of crushed tobacco. Some people buy inexpensive cigars, cut them with a sharp blade along the side and carefully pry the cut cigar open. The innermost layers are then removed and substituted with a favorite brand of crushed tobacco, which may come from cigarettes or bulk tobacco blend. The user then brings the cut edges of the cigar together, closing the outer layers of the cigar over the stuffing of selected tobacco. The edges are then sealed with a liquid or honey, and a new cigar is ready for a smoke. 
     Some reports indicate that the “roll-your-own” tobacco market is flourishing. In some countries, the roll-your-own products now hold a substantial share of the tobacco market, and their consumers represent more than 10% of the smoking population. This may be explained by the ability of a consumer to create a tailor-made product, as opposed to commercially available types of cigars. 
     SUMMARY 
     The present invention provides a method of constructing an original or first cigar fabricated of a plurality of sheets or layers of smokable material that include an inner, a middle and an outer sheet or layer. The inner and middle sheets or layers form inner and outer concentric tubes, each tube having tube ends. 
     As part of the method, at least one of the tubes can be perforated and/or serrated, thus enabling the tube to be opened by rupturing the tube at the perforation and/or serration. The inner tube can be filled with tobacco fill material. An outer sheet or layer can be wrapped around the concentric (middle and inner) tubes. The assembly of tubes is then capped with a cap or caps that prevent discharge of the tobacco fill material from one or both tube ends. 
     In various embodiments the perforated and/or serrated area can be a cut line, cut area, etched area, stitched area, area of reduced wall thickness. In various embodiments the area can be a line. 
     A manually rupturable connection is provided between at least one end cap and the assembly of the multiple sheets or layers and tobacco fill material. 
     In one embodiment, the assembly is capped at each end with a cap. 
     In one embodiment, at least one of the caps is of a combustible, smokable material. 
     In one embodiment, both of the end caps are of a combustible, smokable material. 
     In one embodiment, the rupturable connection includes a perforation or serration of a layer next to the end cap. 
     In one embodiment, the outer sheet or layer includes a perforation and/or serration next to an end cap. 
     In one embodiment, rupturable connections in the form of perforations and/or serrations of the outer layer are provided next to each end cap. 
     In one embodiment, one of the caps is not of a smokable material. 
     In one embodiment, at least one of the end caps is in the form of twisted tobacco material that is part of the outer layer. 
     In one embodiment, one or both of the end caps is a disk. 
     In one embodiment, the original or first cigar can be disassembled to separate the outer sheet or layer while the inner sheet or layer, middle sheet or layer and tobacco filler to define a second cigar. The method can include re-packaging the newly formed second cigar in a package that originally contained the first cigar. 
     The method can include removing the first cigar from a package and forming one or more new cigars by disassembling the first cigar and forming one of more new cigars using one or more sheets or layers for each new cigar and a user&#39;s custom tobacco as a filler material. 
     In one embodiment, the method comprises removing the original or first cigar from the package and forming multiple new cigars by disassembling the original or first cigar and forming multiple new cigars using one of the multiple sheets or layers for each new cigar and a user&#39;s custom tobacco filler material. 
     In one embodiment, three new cigars can be formed. 
     In one embodiment, four new cigars can be formed. 
     One embodiment provides various configurations of pre-rolled sheets on a cigar or cigarillo core. One embodiment includes a layered configuration of pre-rolled sheets including a first sheet of homogenized tobacco paper, a second sheet of natural leaf, and an inner core comprising a cigar or cigarillo. One embodiment includes a layered configuration of pre-rolled sheets including a first sheet of natural leaf, a second sheet of homogenized tobacco paper, and a an inner core comprising a cigar or cigarillo. 
     One embodiment, over an inner core comprising a cigar or cigarillo, includes a plurality of pre-rolled sheets numbering 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, or 30. Various embodiments include possible ranges between any of the combinations of the above listed numbers. For example, between 3 and 20, 5 and 15, etc. In one embodiment access to the inner sheets or layers is provided by removal of end caps. 
     One embodiment includes sheets made of the same material, such as homogenized tobacco paper, natural leaf, rolling paper, and/or sheets of other smokable materials. One embodiment includes possible combinations of the different types of sheets of homogenized tobacco paper, natural leaf, rolling paper, and/or sheets of other smokable materials. One embodiment includes sheets comprised of different smokable materials chosen from any combination of the following types of materials: natural leaf, homogenized tobacco paper, pipe tobacco, different types of flavored tobacco, tea leaves, kanna, blue lotus, salvia, salvia eivinorm, wild dagga, kratom, herbal non-tobacco, Celandine Poppy, Mugwort, Purple Lavender Flowers, Coltsfoot Leaf, Ginger root, California Poppy, Sinicuichi, St. John&#39;s Wort, Capillarius herba, Yerba Lenna Yesca, Calea Zacatechichi, Leonurus Sibericus Flowers, Wild Dagga Flowers, Klip Dagga Leaf, Damiana, Hookah, Hemia salicifolia, Kava Kava, Avena Sativa, scotch broom topps, Valarian, capillarius, herba, Wild clip dagga, Leonurus sibiricus, Kanna, Sinicuichi, and/or  lactuca virosa.    
     In one embodiment multiple types of filler material is included which offers the consumer the option of using different types of filler and/or blending between the types of filler included. In one embodiment different types of filler material can be chosen from any combination of the following types of filler material: pipe tobacco, different types of flavored tobacco, tea leaves, kanna, blue lotus, salvia, salvia eivinorm, wild dagga, kratom, herbal non-tobacco, Celandine Poppy, Mugwort, Purple Lavender Flowers, Coltsfoot Leaf, Ginger root, California Poppy, Sinicuichi, St. John&#39;s Wort, Capillarius herba, Yerba Lenna Yesca, Calea Zacatechichi, Leonurus Sibericus Flowers, Wild Dagga Flowers, Klip Dagga Leaf, Damiana, Hookah, Hemia salicifolia, Kava Kava, Avena Sativa, scotch broom topps, Valarian, capillarius, herba, Wild clip dagga, Leonurus sibiricus, Kanna, Sinicuichi, and/or lactuca virosa. 
     One embodiment includes a cigar tip which can be used with the finished tobacco products. 
     The method of the present invention thus enables an end user to make his or her own custom finished tobacco products with a selected, custom filler material/blend of filler material. The method preferably includes the use of a liquid for moisturizing, and also preferably includes flavoring and/or scenting. The liquid can be, in whole or in part, water, alcohol, solvent, oil, propylene glycol, ethyl alcohol, glycerin, benzyl alcohol as examples. The liquid can be flavored and/or scented with items such as for example apple, apple martini, berries, blueberry, champagne, chocolate, coco/vanilla, cognac, cosmo, gin, grape, honey, lychee, mango, menthol, mint choco, peach, piña colada, punch, purple, rum, strawberry/kiwi, vanilla, watermelon, wet cherry, and/or whiskey. 
     The flavors are preferably added to the form casings and/or pre-rolled sheets with a liquid. This flavored liquid is typically applied at levels of between about 0.01 to 45% by weight, and preferably between about 0.1% to 10% by weight. This flavored liquid is typically applied to the at least one pre-rolled sheet with a carrier liquid such as ethyl alcohol, propylene glycol, water or the like. Glycerin and invert sugar can also be used as a carrier. Some humectants can also be used, however, little or no humectants can be used. In general terms, the flavors can be provided by botanical extracts, essential oils, or artificial flavor chemicals, any one of which or a combination thereof mixed with a carrying solvent such as propylene glycol, ethyl alcohol, glycerin, benzyl alcohol, or other alcohol, for example. Other flavors can include cocoa, licorice, coffee, vanilla or other botanical extracts. Essentials oils can be used such as wine essence, cognac oil, rose oil, mate or other oils. 
     In one embodiment “pig-tailed” type ends can be formed by twisting overlapping sheets in a rope-like formation and then twisting this rope-like formation in a “pig-tailed” type shape. In one embodiment the overlapping sheet can be longer (i.e., overlapping) in a longitudinal direction in one or both ends of a tobacco product. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
       For a further understanding of the nature, objects, and advantages of the present invention, reference should be had to the following detailed description, read in conjunction with the following drawings, wherein like reference numerals denote like elements and wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of one preferred embodiment showing a tobacco product which can be a multi-sheet/multi-layered finished cigar which is packaged for sale where such tobacco product has two ends comprising enclosed “pig-tailed” type rolled areas along with circumferential perforations allowing easy removal of such “pig-tailed”ends, and also showing the tobacco product removed from the packaging where one of the “pig tail” type ends are removed by a twisting, pulling, and/or rotating action, along with the other end being lit for smoking (either with or without removal of the other pig tail type end); 
         FIG. 2  is another perspective view showing the tobacco product of  FIG. 1  removed from the packaging; 
         FIG. 3  is a perspective view of the tobacco product of  FIG. 2  with both ends having been removed by twisting, pulling, and/or rotating providing access to the various sheets or layers for a user; 
         FIG. 4  is a partially cutaway perspective view of the tobacco product shown in  FIG. 3  showing each of the sheets or layers including the outer sheet of natural leaf, middle sheet or homogenized tobacco paper, and inner cigar or cigarillo core where the core has a longitudinal set of perforations on its wall; 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective view of the tobacco product shown in  FIG. 3  where the outer sheet or layer is removed from the tobacco product leaving the middle sheet or layer and the inner cigar or cigarillo core remaining with the tobacco product; 
         FIG. 6  is a perspective view illustrating various method steps where the outer sheet or layer is removed from the tobacco product and used to make a custom cigar and lit for smoking, along with returning the remaining middle sheet or layer and inner cigar or cigarillo core into the original packaging; 
         FIG. 7  is a perspective view illustrating various method steps where the consumer has a choice of now removing the tobacco product of  FIG. 6  from the original packaging, and having it lit for smoking; or removing the middle sheet or layer from such tobacco product and using this middle sheet or layer to make a custom cigar and lit for smoking, along with returning the remaining inner cigar or cigarillo core into the original packaging; 
         FIG. 8  is a perspective view illustrating various method steps where the consumer has a choice of now removing the inner cigar or cigarillo core and having it lit for smoking, or such core is opened along the perforation line to remove the tobacco filler material and allow the user to select custom tobacco filler for forming a custom cigar, and ultimately the custom cigar is lit for smoking; 
         FIG. 9  is a partially cutaway perspective view of an alternative tobacco product similar to the construction shown in  FIG. 3  but with two middle sheets or layers including the outer sheet of natural leaf, two middle sheets of homogenized tobacco paper, and inner cigar or cigarillo core where the core has a longitudinal set of perforations on its wall; 
         FIG. 10  is a perspective view on alternative tobacco product which includes end cap sleeves (which are smokable) removal of which allow access to the inner multiple sheets or layers of other embodiments providing the user various choices in making one or more custom made cigars. 
         FIG. 11  is a sectional view taken along lines  11 - 11  of  FIG. 10 ; 
         FIG. 12  is a perspective view on alternative tobacco product which includes end cap sleeves (which are not smokable) removal of which allow access to the inner multiple sheets or layers of other embodiments providing the user various choices in making one or more custom made cigars. 
         FIG. 13  is a sectional view taken along lines  13 - 13  of  FIG. 12 ; and 
         FIG. 14  is a perspective view on alternative tobacco product which includes end cap plugs (which are smokable) removal of which allow access to the inner multiple sheets or layers of other embodiments providing the user various choices in making one or more custom made cigars and also showing circumferential perforations or serration facilitating removal of one or both end plugs. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       FIGS. 1-8  show the preferred embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention designated generally by the numeral  10 .  FIGS. 1-8  also show the method of the present invention which provides a method of constructing one or more cigars from an existing as bought cigar. In  FIG. 1 , the cigar article  10  of the present invention provides a first cigar  15  which is a commercially available or as-built and packaged cigar  15  as purchased by a consumer or customer. First cigar  15  thus is contained in package  11  which can be a plastic, heat sealed or other package. Package  11  can provide a resealable closure  12  and a tear notch  13  for enabling access to the resealable closure  12 . The resealable closure  12  can be sealed as manufactured to prevent contamination from moisture. Package  11  can thus have an interior  14  that is of a controlled environment upon manufacture. By tearing package  11  at tear notch  13 , package  11  can be opened. 
     First cigar  15  provides end portions  16 ,  17 . Each of the end portions  16 ,  17  is closed with an end cap  18  or  23 . In  FIG. 1 , each end cap  18  or  23  can be removed by twisting as illustrated by arrow  19 . In  FIG. 1 , one of the end caps  23  has been removed at end portion  17 . The other end portion  16  illustrates removal of end cap  18  by twisting in the direction of arrow  19  in order to tear provided serrations  21  or  22 . Serrations  21  are provided at end portion  16 . Serrations  22  are provided at end portion  17  as shown in  FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 . In  FIG. 1 , end cap  23  has been removed at end portion  17 . The other end cap  18  is shown being removed from end portion  16 . In this fashion, a user can light end portion  17  to produce a burning part  27 . A user or consumer can smoke the entire as-built first cigar  15  after removal from package  11  as illustrated by arrow  26 . 
       FIGS. 2-6  illustrate that first cigar  15  can be disassembled to produce a second cigar  40 , a third cigar  43 , a fourth cigar  47  and if desired a fifth  48  and sixth  50  cigar.  FIGS. 2-6  illustrate the disassembly of first cigar  15  to produce second cigar  40  and third cigar  43 . In  FIG. 2 , first cigar  15  is shown with its end caps  18 ,  23 . In  FIG. 3 , the end caps  18 ,  23  are removed. Removal is illustrated by a twisting action, rotating cap  18  as illustrated by arrow  19  which breaks or ruptures perforations or serrations  21 . After twisting the end cap  18  and breaking or rupturing the perforations or serrations  21 , cap  18  is separated from first cigar  15  as illustrated by arrow  20 . Similarly, arrow  24  illustrates a rotation of end cap  23  to break perforation or serration  22 , thus enabling a separation of cap  23  from first cigar  15  as illustrated by arrow  25 . After removal of the end caps  18 ,  23 ,  FIGS. 4 and 5  illustrate that first cigar  15  is manufactured of three sheets or layers  28 ,  29 ,  30 . These layers include an outer sheet or layer  28 , an inner sheet or layer  30 , and intermediate or middle sheet or layer  29 .  FIG. 5  illustrates that after removing end caps  18 ,  23 , the outer sheet or layer  28  can be unrolled as illustrated by arrows  39 . This separates the outer sheet or layer  28  from the remaining two sheets or layers  29 ,  30  and from a tobacco filler  33  contained within sheet or layer  30 . 
     The outer sheet or layer  28  can have edges  35 ,  36  which can be parallel to one another and edges  37 ,  38  which can be parallel. The edge  37  can form an acute angle with edge  36 . The edge  35  can form an acute angle with the edge  38  as shown in  FIG. 5 . Edges  37 ,  38  are thus diagonally extending edges. 
     After separating sheet or layer  28  from the other sheets or layers  29 ,  30  and filler  33 , a second cigar  40  can be formed by rolling the outer sheet or layer  28  about a user&#39;s custom tobacco  31  as shown in  FIG. 6 . Arrow  32  in  FIG. 6  illustrates the placement of a user&#39;s custom tobacco  31  on layer  28 . Arrow  41  illustrates a rolling of sheet or layer  28  about the user&#39;s custom tobacco  31  to form second cigar  40  as shown in  FIG. 6 . Second cigar  40  can then be smoked wherein the second cigar  40  comprises a user&#39;s custom tobacco  31  and the outer sheet or layer  28  that was removed from first cigar  15 . 
     After removing sheet or layer  28 , the remnants of the first cigar  15  are shown in  FIG. 6 , designated by the numeral  43  and representing a third cigar. Third cigar  43  is comprised of tobacco filler  33 , inner layer  30  and middle layer  29 . In  FIG. 6 , third cigar  43  is shown being placed within package  11  interior  14  so that it can be resealed at resealable closure  12 . Arrow  42  thus illustrates the completion of second cigar  40  and its combustion for smoking while arrow  44  illustrates the placement of third cigar  43  in package  11  where it is preserved when resealable closure  12  is closed. 
     At a later date, a consumer can remove third cigar  43  from package  11 . A consumer has two options when removing third cigar  43  from package  11  as shown in  FIG. 7 . The first option is to smoke the third cigar  43  as illustrated by arrow  45 . A second option is to disassemble the middle layer  29  from inner layer  30  (see arrow  49 ). This removal of layer  29  from the combination of layer  30  and tobacco filler  33  as illustrated by arrows  46 , produces a fourth cigar  47 . That fourth cigar  47  can be placed in container  11  and sealed at closure  12  (see arrow  52 ). A smoker can then take the intermediate layer  29  and form a fifth cigar  48  by rolling a user&#39;s custom tobacco material  31  within the layer  29  as illustrated by arrow  51  in  FIG. 7 . 
     At a later date, a smoker can remove the fourth cigar  47  from container or package  11  as illustrated by arrows  53  and  54  in  FIG. 8 . Arrow  53  illustrates that fourth cigar  47  can be smoked. Arrow  54  illustrates that fourth cigar  47  can be disassembled by tearing layer  30  at perforation or serration  34 . By tearing fourth cigar  47  at perforation or serration  34 , the contents  33  are discarded (arrow  57 ) and replaced with a user&#39;s custom tobacco  31  as illustrated by arrows  55 ,  56 . By rolling sheet or layer  30  about a user&#39;s custom tobacco  31 , the user or consumer can produce a sixth cigar  50  that can smoked as illustrated in  FIG. 8 . 
       FIG. 9  illustrates an additional embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention, designated generally by the numeral  60 . Cigar article  60  is similar to the cigar article  10  of  FIGS. 1-8 , but adds an additional middle or intermediate sheet or layer  29 , that additional middle or intermediate sheet or layer being designated by the numeral  61 . By providing two intermediate sheets or layers  29 ,  61  for the article  60 , another additional two cigars are provided including an extra cigar that can be made from sheet or layer  61  and a cigar that can be smoked which is comprised of the sheets or layers  29 ,  30 ,  61  and filler  33 . 
       FIGS. 10-14  illustrate that other constructions for caps  18 ,  23  can be provided. In  FIGS. 10 and 11 , the cigar  10  can be fitted with end caps  58 ,  59 . Each of the end caps  58 ,  59  can be constructed of a cylindrical side wall  62  and a circular end wall  63 . The entire end cap  58  or  59  can be of smokable, combustible material such as of tobacco leaf material, cellulose, paper or any other combustible, smokable material.  FIGS. 12 and 13  illustrate that end caps  64 ,  65  can be of a plastic material such as polypropylene. End caps  64 ,  65  include a cylindrical wall  66 , circular end wall  67 , and anchor or spike  68  or other projection that is spaced inwardly of the wall  66  and that protrudes from wall  67  as shown in  FIG. 13 . 
       FIG. 14  shows yet another construction for end caps which are designated as end caps  69 ,  70 . The end caps  69 ,  70  are in the form of combustible, smokable discs that can be attached to cigar  15  as illustrated by arrows  71 ,  72 . Glue such as tobacco glue could be used to fasten or attach discs  69 ,  70  to first cigar  15 . As with embodiment of  FIGS. 1-8 , serrations  21 ,  22  are provided at end portion  16 ,  17  respectively as shown in  FIG. 14 . In order to remove an end cap  69  or  70 , a user twists the end cap  69  or  70  in order to break the serration  21  or  22 , thus effecting a removal of the end cap  69  or  70  from first cigar  15 . The end caps of  FIGS. 10-14  could be secured to the first cigar  15  using a frictional fit, glue, tobacco glue or an adhesive. 
     The following is a list of reference numerals which are used in this application. 
     
       
         
               
             
               
               
             
               
               
             
           
               
                   
               
               
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                 10 
                 cigar article or tobacco product 
               
               
                 11 
                 package 
               
               
                 12 
                 resealable closure 
               
               
                 13 
                 tear notch 
               
               
                 14 
                 package interior 
               
               
                 15 
                 first cigar 
               
               
                 16 
                 end portion 
               
               
                 17 
                 end portion 
               
               
                 18 
                 end cap 
               
               
                 19 
                 arrow 
               
               
                 20 
                 arrow 
               
               
                 21 
                 perforation or serration 
               
               
                 22 
                 perforation or serration 
               
               
                 23 
                 end cap 
               
               
                 24 
                 arrow 
               
               
                 25 
                 arrow 
               
               
                 26 
                 arrow 
               
               
                 27 
                 burning part 
               
               
                 28 
                 outer sheet or layer 
               
               
                 29 
                 intermediate/middle sheet or layer 
               
               
                 30 
                 inner sheet or layer 
               
               
                 31 
                 user&#39;s custom tobacco 
               
               
                 32 
                 arrow 
               
               
                 33 
                 tobacco filler 
               
               
                 34 
                 perforation/perforation line/serrated line/serration 
               
               
                 35 
                 edge 
               
               
                 36 
                 edge 
               
               
                 37 
                 diagonal edge 
               
               
                 38 
                 diagonal edge 
               
               
                 39 
                 arrow/unrolling 
               
               
                 40 
                 second cigar 
               
               
                 41 
                 arrow 
               
               
                 42 
                 arrow 
               
               
                 43 
                 third cigar 
               
               
                 44 
                 arrow 
               
               
                 45 
                 arrow 
               
               
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                 fourth cigar 
               
               
                 48 
                 fifth cigar 
               
               
                 49 
                 arrow 
               
               
                 50 
                 sixth cigar 
               
               
                 51 
                 arrow 
               
               
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                 arrow 
               
               
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                 arrow 
               
               
                 54 
                 arrow 
               
               
                 55 
                 arrow 
               
               
                 56 
                 arrow 
               
               
                 57 
                 arrow 
               
               
                 58 
                 end cap 
               
               
                 59 
                 end cap 
               
               
                 60 
                 cigar article 
               
               
                 61 
                 additional intermediate/middle sheet or layer 
               
               
                 62 
                 cylindrical side wall 
               
               
                 63 
                 circular end wall 
               
               
                 64 
                 end cap 
               
               
                 65 
                 end cap 
               
               
                 66 
                 cylindrical side wall 
               
               
                 67 
                 circular end wall 
               
               
                 68 
                 projection/anchor/spike 
               
               
                 69 
                 end cap 
               
               
                 70 
                 end cap 
               
               
                 71 
                 arrow 
               
               
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                 inner cigar or cigarillo core 
               
               
                   
               
             
          
         
       
     
     All measurements disclosed herein are at standard temperature and pressure, at sea level on Earth, unless indicated otherwise. All materials used or intended to be used in a human being are biocompatible, unless indicated otherwise. 
     The foregoing embodiments are presented by way of example only; the scope of the present invention is to be limited only by the following claims.