Cigarette-type article of novel form, and process for producing such article

Abstract

A series of cigarette-type articles contained in a retail package, each comprising a tobacco-filled cylinder having a filter tip attached to each of its opposite ends, whereby each such article can provide two filter tip cigarettes by the user breaking or severing the tobacco-filled cylinder between the two filter tips. The breakage or severing can occur at variable locations between said filter tips to produce cigarettes of varying length. The tobacco-filled cylinder of each said article has a length of between 2 inches and 3½ inches. The invention also includes a process for producing such cigarette-type articles and a procedure for preparing them for smoking.

We claim:  
     
         1 . A package, of the type suitable for retail sale, containing a series of cigarette-type articles, 
 wherein each cigarette-type article comprises a tobacco-filled cylinder having a filter tip attached to each of its opposite ends,    whereby each said article can provide two filter tip cigarettes by breakage or severing of said tobacco-filled cylinder between the two filter tips,    and in which said breakage or severing can occur at variable locations between said filter tips to produce cigarettes of varying length.    
     
     
         2 . A package according to  claim 1 , wherein the tobacco-filled cylinder of each said article has a length of between 2 inches and 3½ inches.  
     
     
         3 . A package according to  claim 1 , wherein the tobacco-filled cylinder of each said article has a length of between 2 inches and 3 inches.  
     
     
         4 . A package according to  claim 1 , wherein said package contains 20 or 25 of said articles.  
     
     
         5 . A series of cigarette-type articles wherein each cigarette-type article comprises a tobacco-filled cylinder having a filter tip attached to each of its opposite ends, 
 whereby each said article can provide two filter tip cigarettes by breakage or severing of said tobacco-filled cylinder between the two filter tips, and in which said breakage or severing can occur at variable locations between said filter tips to produce cigarettes of varying length;    and wherein the tobacco-filled cylinder of each said article has a length between 2 and 3½ inches.    
     
     
         6 . A series of articles according to  claim 5 , wherein the tobacco-filled cylinder of each article has a length between 2 and 3 inches.  
     
     
         7 . A series of articles according to  claim 5 , wherein the tobacco-filled cylinder of each article has a length between 2 and 2½ inches.  
     
     
         8 . A process for producing a package of cigarette type articles, wherein each said article comprises a tobacco-filled cylinder with a filter tip attached to each of its opposite ends, characterized by the step of placing said cigarette-type articles into a retail-type package without any severing of the tobacco-containing cylinder between the filter tips, whereby severing or breakage of the cylinder between the filter tips can be performed by the eventual smoker.  
     
     
         9 . A procedure for preparing a cigarette for smoking by utilizing a cigarette type article comprising a tobacco-filled cylinder having a filter tip attached to each of its opposite ends, characterized by the steps of removing the article from a retail package, and breaking or severing the tobacco-filled cylinder between the two filter tips to provide two cigarettes each with a filter tip.