Individual pull tab packaging for tampons

An individual pull tab packaging for a tampon comprising:

• a top section;
• a bottom section;
• and
• a hollow elongated housing having a cylindrical shape extending from the top section to the bottom section wherein the interior surface of the top section, the interior surface of the hollow elongated housing, and the interior surface of the bottom section define a closed interior of the packaging, wherein the closed interior of the packaging is configured to hold and enclose a tampon, further wherein:
• the hollow elongated housing comprises a top portion, a bottom portion, and a separable strip of material wherein the top portion of the hollow elongated housing and the bottom portion of the hollow elongated housing are separably joined together by the separable strip of material;
• the top portion of the hollow elongated housing is defined by the top section and a first portion of the hollow elongated housing having a first outermost edge wherein the top portion extends from the top section to the first outmost edge;
• the bottom portion of the hollow elongated housing is defined by the bottom section and a second portion of the hollow elongated housing having a second outermost edge wherein the bottom portion extends from the bottom section to the second outmost edge;
• the separable strip comprises a portion of the hollow elongated housing positioned between the first outermost edge of the top portion and the second outermost edge of the bottom portion wherein the separable strip comprises a top edge and a bottom edge opposite the top edge and wherein the top edge of the separable strip is removably adjoined to the first outermost edge of the top portion and the bottom edge of the separable strip is removable adjoined to the second outermost edge of the bottom portion;
• the top edge of the separable strip and the outermost edge of the top portion is perforated and the bottom edge of the separable strip and the second outermost edge of the bottom portion is perforated to allow the separable strip of material to be pulled from the top portion and the bottom portion to disjoin the top portion and the bottom portion to access the closed interior of the packaging;
• the packaging is configured such that when the separable strip of material is pulled from the top portion and the bottom portion of the hollow elongated housing, the top portion and bottom portion are disjoined and the interior of the packaging is accessible to remove a tampon housed within the packaging;
• and
• the closed interior of the cylinder is recloseable after the top portion and bottom portion are disjoined and the tampon is removed wherein the packaging is configured to bring the top portion and the bottom portion together to define a closed interior.