Patent ID: 7302955

Claim:
A selectively tobacco shortened cigarette comprising, in combination: a conventionally sized cigarette casing having a first end for insertion into a person's mouth and a second end to be lit to permit generation of smoke to be inhaled by the person; a filter covering proximate said first end and contiguous with said casing; a filter adapted to fit inside said filter covering; an inner tube having an end adjacent to an inner end of said filter, adapted to fit within said casing for reinforcing said casing; a shortened butt of tobacco material having a length substantially less than the length of said conventionally sized cigarette casing and smaller radial dimensions than said casing, wherein said shortened butt fits inside said casing adjacent said second end of said selectively tobacco shortened cigarette to provide the person with a reduced amount of tobacco for smoking; an extinguishing gap region adjacent to an inner end of said shortened butt of said selectively tobacco shortened cigarette to limit burning of portions of said selectively tobacco shortened cigarette that do not contain tobacco material; and a perforated intake cover located at an inner end of said shortened butt for preventing tobacco from spilling out of said shortened butt.