Abstract: A cigar has a rod a thin material placed in between the cigar leaf and the tobacco. A thin, strong, bendable strip is embedded in the outer rolling leaf of a cigar. As the cigar is smoked more and more, the rod will be more and more exposed to prevent fingers, and/or fingertips to be burnt and/or injured. When the cigar becomes too short to hold, the rod is bent and used as a handle. Thus, with the device of the present invention, one can smoke the cigar all the way to the ashes.