A single-shot .22 short firearm built into a metal cigarette case, with the barrel disguised as a cigarette extending from the case's opening and the firing mechanism hidden beneath a false bottom. The operator opens the case, removes the 'cigarette,' holds it to their lips as if preparing to smoke, and presses a concealed button that fires the round. The entire sequence mimics the universal gesture of lighting a cigarette — reaching into a pocket, opening a case, raising something to your mouth — making the weapon deployment invisible in any environment where smoking is common.

The Cigarette is a Shelf masterpiece of social camouflage. It exploits the fact that a person holding something to their face while fumbling with a small case looks like every other smoker in GLMZ. The weapon's effective range is measured in inches — the .22 short round from a 30mm barrel has barely enough energy to penetrate skin at 2 meters — but the weapon isn't designed for range. It is designed for the moment when you're standing next to someone, pretending to smoke, and you press the barrel against their body under the guise of a casual gesture.

Production quality ranges from elegant to crude. The best Cigarettes are machined from actual cigarette cases with precision barrel inserts and reliable spring-loaded firing pins. The worst are hammered together from tin and hope. All of them share the same terrifying characteristic: they look like nothing, carried by millions of people, performing a gesture that no one questions.