Patent ID: 8393335

Claim:
A tobacco article, comprising a) a sheet of material that provides a tubular shell having first and second ends, and a tube cavity that enables containment of tobacco filler material, the sheet being comprised of tobacco material; b) a plug of material that at least partially closes the first end of the shell; c) a removable form casing at least partly inserted in the tube cavity to reinforce the tube cavity, the sheet of material being wrapped around the form casing: d) wherein the sheet of material is sealed in a tubular shell shape so that it cannot be unrolled without damaging the sheet; e) a sale package that contains the sheet, the form casing and the plug, wherein the form casing occupies at least a part of the cavity; and f) wherein while in the sale package, the tube cavity being unfilled with tobacco filler material from the second end of the tubular shell to the plug.