Patent ID: 8863750

Claim:
A cigarillo comprising: a tobacco rod having cut filler tobacco; a tobacco inner binder circumscribing the cut filler tobacco, the tobacco inner binder consisting essentially of a first section of a tobacco leaf; a filter adjacent to the tobacco rod; a band of tipping paper circumscribing the filter, having a rod end portion and a mouth end portion; and a tobacco outer wrapper consisting essentially of a second section of a tobacco leaf circumscribing the tobacco rod and the rod end portion of the band of tipping paper such that the mouth end portion of the band of tipping paper is visible, the tobacco outer wrapper including a longitudinal seam substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the cigarillo and including a plurality of spaced-apart linear portions such that the linear portions form a helical pattern about the tobacco rod without discontinuity, wherein the combination of the tobacco outer wrapper and the tobacco inner binder is substantially air impermeable such that the cigarillo is self-extinguishing when left unattended on a substrate.