applied immediately before wrapping of the tobacco leaves it is important to select a coating material that would not leave an undesirable taste or odor on the tobacco leaves a polytetrafluoroethylene such as that sold under the trademark teflon u00ae coating may serve well for this purpose the finished shells 10 can be packaged in conventional containers and sold directly to customers who desire to roll their own cigars but do not have the required finger dexterity an ultimate user will remove the shell 10 from its outer wrapper not shown and pry the shell 10 open by forcing the shell apart along the slit the user will then fill the interior opening 12 with any desired blend of the favorite tobacco and seal the slit 14 by applying a small amount of moisture to the edges of the slit 14 and bringing the edges together a small amount of pressure may be applied to the shell 10 to cause sealing of the slit 14 in this manner a custom tailored cigar is made answering all requirements of a connoisseur as to the tobacco blend size and length of a cigar if desired a kit for roll your own tobacco products can be manufactured and sold through tobacconists and specialty.