twist the cigarette inbetween your finger and thumb, like rolling it back and fourth it'll loose it up, then lightly (with the filter pointed up) tap on the filter, keep tapping/rolling alternately til it's empty.

to fill it up, grind up the weed really good, and pick up 'pinches' of it at a time, rolling it between your finger and thumb to make sort of a ball or cylinder shape with it (it helps to put bigger quantities in at a time, without having half of it snag on the edge of the paper) lightly pack it down, most people really over pack this shit, you do NOT want it that packed.... when you get the cigarette pretty much full, (but evenly packed/spaced) twist the very end of it closed... then tap the entire thing, filter down, on something hard, such as a table or counter... you don't want to grip the cigarette hard at all, you actually want it to slide as you tap it, this helps pack it even more evenly.... if this doesn't make sense in any way, say why particularly and i'll attempt to explaint hat part better.... i've been doing this along time, i can get a cig-joint that looks flawless, and smokes that way too...


never use the filter! take it out AFTER you're done actually making the cig-joint (it acts as a wall, so there's something to pack against, makes it simpler) people here have said the filter doesn't do anything to the weed before, but i'll be damned if that's right... cuz anytime i smoke a cig-joint that HAS a filter, i don't get high... no matter how good the weed is.. but you can make the brown filter (or white if it's a light) paper stuff stay plumped up (for stealth smoking) by taking a peice of cardboard about an inch wide, and exactly as long as the brown filter paper and rolling it up, and stuffing it in side.