Abstract: This invention relates to a cigarette extinguisher having a body with a cylindrical cigarette receiving well therein, and a body holder. The body holder may be adhesively secured in a desired position to a vertical or horizontal surface, for instance to the dash of an automobile above an open ashtray. The body is pivotally removably received in the body holder with the cylindrical well in an upright position in which a lit cigarette may be conveniently dropped into it to extinguish the cigarette virtually instantaneously through the lack of oxygen. The body may be pivoted in the body holder to a downwardly directed position wherein the extinguished cigarette drops from the body into the open ashtray. Alternatively, the body may be removed from the body holder and the extinguished cigarette otherwise conveniently disposed of. The cigarette extinguisher may be readily secured to the dash of an automobile to reduce the well known difficulties of extinguishing cigarettes while driving.