A method and a device for safely snuffing a lighted cigarette, includes a body having a top opening, a tapered interior, and a rounded closed bottom. The top opening which receives the lighted cigarette has a diameter substantially corresponding to the diameter of the cigarette. The interior is gradually tapered to a diameter less than that of the cigarette so that the cigarette is squeezed as it is being inserted toward the bottom. The squeezing and insertion motion is terminated prior to the ash being destroyed so that the ash remains intact as the cigarette is being extinguished.
