Apparatus for filling cigarette tubes with tobacco, comprising - a base (10; 210), - a magazine chamber (2; 202) adapted to receive a supply of tobacco and having a base wall (12; 212), two side walls (14; 214) opposite to each other, a first end (16; 216), and a second end (18; 218) opposite to said first end (16; 216), - a pusher (24; 224) adapted to move the tobacco inside the magazine chamber (2; 202) towards its first end (16; 216), - a filling chamber (4; 204), in proximity to the first end (16; 216) of the magazine chamber (2; 202), defining a longitudinal direction transverse to the moving direction of the pusher (24; 224) and being adapted to receive the tobacco to be filled into the cigarette tube, - a stamp (30; 230) being movable in a direction transverse to the moving direction of the pusher (24; 224) and transverse to the longitudinal direction of the filling chamber (4; 204) and adapted to shape the tobacco of the filling chamber (4; 204), - a slider (50; 250) arranged in the filling chamber (4; 204), being movable in the longitudinal direction thereof towards an opening (40; 240) in an end side thereof, and being adapted to transfer the tobacco of the filling chamber (4; 204) from the filling chamber (4; 204) via said opening (40; 240) into a cigarette tube supported in front of said opening (40; 240), - a press-down lever (6; 206) operatively connected to the stamp (30; 230) and being adapted to move the stamp (30; 230), characterised by - a lid (20; 220) adapted to close the top side of the magazine chamber (2; 202), and - a coupling mechanism (72, 79, 80, 82, 84; 360, 362) operatively connected to the press-down lever (6; 206) and being adapted to move the slider (50; 250) after the tobacco has been transferred to the filling chamber (4; 204) and has been shaped by the stamp (30; 230). - a base (10; 210), - a magazine chamber (2; 202) adapted to receive a supply of tobacco and having a base wall (12; 212), two side walls (14; 214) opposite to each other, a first end (16; 216), and a second end (18; 218) opposite to said first end (16; 216), - a pusher (24; 224) adapted to move the tobacco inside the magazine chamber (2; 202) towards its first end (16; 216), - a filling chamber (4; 204), in proximity to the first end (16; 216) of the magazine chamber (2; 202), defining a longitudinal direction transverse to the moving direction of the pusher (24; 224) and being adapted to receive the tobacco to be filled into the cigarette tube, - a stamp (30; 230) being movable in a direction transverse to the moving direction of the pusher (24; 224) and transverse to the longitudinal direction of the filling chamber (4; 204) and adapted to shape the tobacco of the filling chamber (4; 204), - a slider (50; 250) arranged in the filling chamber (4; 204), being movable in the longitudinal direction thereof towards an opening (40; 240) in an end side thereof, and being adapted to transfer the tobacco of the filling chamber (4; 204) from the filling chamber (4; 204) via said opening (40; 240) into a cigarette tube supported in front of said opening (40; 240), - a press-down lever (6; 206) operatively connected to the stamp (30; 230) and being adapted to move the stamp (30; 230), - a lid (20; 220) adapted to close the top side of the magazine chamber (2; 202), and - a coupling mechanism (72, 79, 80, 82, 84; 360, 362) operatively connected to the press-down lever (6; 206) and being adapted to move the slider (50; 250) after the tobacco has been transferred to the filling chamber (4; 204) and has been shaped by the stamp (30; 230).