Reversible Cigarette Holder and Methods for Holding, Lighting and Smoking a Cigarette

Abstract

An improved cigarette holder, embodiments of which comprise a tubular construction with both cigarette holding and mouthpiece features at either or both ends of the tube, one end generally being smaller than the other, the ends in communication with each other through a passageway. Embodiments of the present invention allow the holder to be reversed following smoking of a first portion of the cigarette such that it enables smokers to light partially-smoked cigarettes safely and easily, allows them to smoke more of the sometimes-high-cost smokable material easily, avoid tasting bitterness of a saliva-stained cigarette and share a pleasurable smoke among friends as desired. Embodiments of the present invention also include disclosure of methods for safe, proper and efficient use of embodiments of the device to enhance smoking pleasure.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A cigarette holder comprising an extended tube comprising a first end comprising a first opening receptive to frictionally engaging a first portion of a cigarette and a second end comprising a second opening receptive to frictionally engaging a smaller portion of the cigarette, said ends being in communication through a central passageway. 
     
     
         2 . The cigarette holder as described in  claim 1 , further comprising a first mouthpiece on the first end and a second mouthpiece on the second end, wherein the mouthpieces are configured to allow a user to smoke the cigarette while the cigarette is frictionally engaged in the opposite end. 
     
     
         3 . The cigarette holder as described in  claim 2  wherein the surfaces and edges of the mouthpieces are smooth. 
     
     
         4 . The cigarette holder as described in  claim 2  further configured to cool smoke from the cigarette prior to inhalation by the smoker. 
     
     
         5 . The cigarette holder as described in  claim 1  wherein at least one of the ends of the tube is composed of a material selected from the group consisting of metals, glass, and ceramics. 
     
     
         6 . The cigarette holder as described in  claim 1 , wherein said first and second ends are configured to allow a smoker's lips to engage and seal around at least one of said ends to allow smoking of the cigarette. 
     
     
         7 . The cigarette holder as described in  claim 1 , wherein the shape of the entrance to the second opening is selected from the group consisting of oval, circular, elliptical, square, trapezoidal, and triangular. 
     
     
         8 . The cigarette holder as described in  claim 1  wherein at least one of the openings comprises a funnel-shaped portion. 
     
     
         9 . A cigarette holder comprising an extended tube comprising a first end and a second end, each end comprising an opening and a mouthpiece, said ends being in communication with each other through a central passageway of the tube, wherein the opening of the second end is smaller than the opening of the first end. 
     
     
         10 . The cigarette holder as described in  claim 9  wherein at least one opening is funnel-shaped. 
     
     
         11 . The cigarette holder as described in  claim 9  wherein edges and corners of the first and second ends are smooth. 
     
     
         12 . A method for smoking a cigarette comprising the steps of:
 a.) Inserting a first end of the cigarette into a first end of a cigarette holder a first distance;   b.) Lighting the end of the cigarette opposite the first end of the cigarette and smoking a first portion of the cigarette via a first mouthpiece on the end of the holder opposite the first end of the holder;   c.) Removing the cigarette from the holder;   d.) Reversing the holder and inserting the first end of the cigarette into the end of the holder opposite the first end of the holder a second distance; and   e.) Smoking a desired portion of the remainder of the cigarette via a second mouthpiece on the first end of the holder;   wherein the second distance is less than the first distance.   
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 12  wherein the exterior of the first end of the holder is round and the first mouthpiece comprises the exterior of the first end. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 12  wherein the steps of inserting are effective to substantially seal the cigarette within the holder. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 12  wherein at least one of the first end and the opposite end of the cigarette holder is composed of a material selected from the group consisting of metals, glass, and ceramics. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 12  further comprising at least one step of inserting the cigarette holder into the mouth of the smoker and holding the holder therein without the use of the smoker's hands.