Abstract: A personal cigarette dispensing receptacle for mechanically limiting ones access to their cigarettes includes a receptacle base having a receptacle top sized to fit thereon so as to form a cigarette enclosure. Integral with the receptacle base is an electronics housing electronics housing is operative to control a locking mechanism and an audible alarm on selectable time intervals. The locking mechanism includes an electromagnet integrated with the receptacle base and a ferromagnetic surface integrated with the receptacle top such that the receptacle top may be selectively fixed in place on the receptacle base. Through this action, the receptacle top may be locked in place for a closed time period, opened briefly for an open time period to allow a user to remove a cigarette, and then be automatically locked again to prevent access to another cigarette until the expiration of the closed time period.