Cigarettes

A finished cigarette [comprising a tobacco] of commercially acceptable quality and elegant appearance in the form of an elongated rod of uniform cross-section throughout its length capable of sustained smoulder when lit but not being smoked, said elongated rod [which rod comprises] consisting of a cut tobacco filler[and] , a cigarette paper wrapper, circumscribing said cut tobacco filler, a filter in abutment with one end of said cut tobacco filler and a tipping wrapper maintaining said filter in abutment with said one end of said cut tobacco filler, the circumference of said elongated rod being within a range of 10 mm to 19 mm, and having a cut tobacco filler packing density within the range of 150 mg per cm.sup.3 to 350 mg per cm.sup.3 yielding a free burn rate of said rod within a range of 25 to 45 mg min.sup.-1 , the aforesaid cigarette utilizing tobacco at greater efficiency than conventional commercially marketed cigarettes .