the spring 40 air for combustion of the cigarette enters the ash container 20 through the slots 22 the holes 24 the opening 25 and to a lesser extent through the possibly imperfect seals at the points where the ash container 20 is connected or joined to the shanks 12d and 26a the effluent gases or smoke escape through the aforementioned openings which admit combustion air however most of the smoke flows through the cigarette 14 the stem 12 and the mouthpiece 16 since the ash container is normally filled with smoke and since combustion air is only admitted in appreciable amounts when the smoker puffs on the cigarette the cigarette burns more slowly and provides a longer smoke when useing the present device it will be noted particularly in fig3 that the ash container 20 makes contact with the shanks 12d and 26a only at the ribs 12e and 26b respectively in this sense the ribs 12e and 26b act as standoffs or heat transfer limiting means clearly since the lit end of the cigarette is normally disposed within the ash container 20 this is where most of the heat is released the use of a few ribs 12e and 26b such as three ribs spaced 120.