Extinguisher package for a smoking article

A package for a smoking article, comprising:

• a base layer having first and second ends and comprising an elongate recess configured to receive the smoking article, the elongate recess having first and second ends;
• and
• a cover layer having first and second ends and overlying the elongate recess so that the cover layer and the elongate recess together define a cavity configured to receive the smoking article, the cavity having first and second ends,
• wherein each of the first end of the elongate recess and the first end of the cover layer comprises a thermally insulating portion,
• wherein a maximum width of the first end of the cavity between a surface of the base layer and a surface of the cover layer is greater than a maximum width of the second end of the cavity between the surface of the base layer and the surface of the cover layer,
• wherein the cover layer is moveable between an open position in which a smoking article can be removed from the cavity and reinserted into the cavity, and a closed position in which the cover layer can substantially seal a smoking article within the cavity to extinguish the smoking article after the smoking article has been ignited
• wherein the first end of at least one of the base layer and the cover layer is shaped so that the first end is spaced apart from the smoking article to define a spaced apart portion when the smoking article is received within the cavity and the cover layer is in the closed position, and
• wherein the thermally insulating portion comprises the spaced apart portion.