Patent ID: 8215316

Claim:
A method of constructing a cigar, comprising the steps of: a) providing a plurality of layers of smokable material that include inner, middle and outer layers, said inner and middle layers being inner and outer concentric tubes, each tube having tube ends; b) serrating at least one of the tubes, enabling the tube to be opened by rupturing the tube at the serration; c) filling the inner tube with tobacco fill material; d) wrapping the outer layer about the concentric tubes; e) capping both ends of the assembly of tubes and outer layers with an end cap that prevents discharge of the tobacco fill material from a tube end, wherein the end cap is in the form of twisted tobacco material that is part of the outer layer; f) providing a manually rupturable connection between at least one end cap and the assembly of step “e”; and g) wherein the cigar constructed in steps “a” through “f” is packaged for sale in packaging.