the cylinder a slot is cut in a top housing 32 portion of the cigarette case beneath the half cylinder portion of the door release 62 so that the thin screws can pass through the slot thus causing the top housing 32 to come between the flat material and half cylinder this restricts the motion of the door release 6 to movement along the direction of the slot cut into the top housing 32 the end portion of the half cylinder which faces the feed chamber door 34 has a small protrusion which preferably is a small thin piece of metal the feed chamber door 34 has a groove cut into the side adjacent to the door release 62 into which the small protrusion can fit the hollow chamber within the housing 12 preferably contains a top stack retaining means which contains a top row of cigarettes as shown in fig1 b beneath this top stack retaining means lies a bottom row of cigarettes and part of a bottom stack pushing means as shown in fig1 a while the preferred embodiment reveals a top and bottom row of cigarettes a plurality of rows of cigarettes are possible the bottom stack pushing means shown in fig1 a comprises a bottom stack feed spring 52 a bottom stack pivot.