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Claim 1

IN A TOBACCO HOLDER AND FILTER CARTRIDGE COMBINATION, A HOLDER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING INTERCONNECTABLE MOUTHPIECE AND TOBACCO HOLDING SECTIONS, SAID SECTIONS WHEN INTERCONNECTED DEFINING A CARTRIDGE CHAMBER, A HERMETICALLY SEALED FILTER CARTRIDGE INSERTABLE IN SAID CHAMBER, SAID FILTER CARTRIDGE FORMED OF END WALLS OF PUNCTURABLE MATERIAL AND COMPRISING A MIXTURE OF LIQUID ABSORBENT MATERIAL AND A LIQUID SUBSTANTIALLY MOISTENING SAID LIQUID ABSORBENT MATERIAL, SAID MOUTHPIECE AND SAID TOBACCO HOLDING SECTIONS EACH INCLUDING ONE OF A PAIR OF PLANAR SURFACE MEMBERS TRAVERSING THE CHAMBER, THE PLANAR SURFACE MEMBERS EACH CONTAINING A PLURALITY OF STRUCK OUT PORTIONS EXTENDING INTO SAID CHAMBER FOR PENETRATING THE END WALLS OF A CARTRIDGE INSERTED THEREIN WHEN THE MOUTHPIECE AND TOBACCO HOLDING SECTIONS ARE INTERCONNECTED, SAID CARTRIDGE AND THE PUNCTURED PORTIONS OF SAID PLANAR SURFACE MEMBERS PROVIDING A PORTION OF A SMOKE PASSAGE, THE WHOLE PASSAGE EXTENDING AXIALLY OF SAID HOLDER, FIRST VALVE MEANS LOCATED IN SAID PASSAGE AT THE MOUTHPIECE SECTION AND SECOND VALVE MEANS LOCATED IN SAID PASSAGE AT THE TOBACCO HOLDING SECTION, SAID FIRST AND SECOND VALVE MEANS ALLOWING SMOKE TO FLOW THROUGH SAID PASSAGE ONLY WHEN SUCTION IS APPLIED AT THE MOUTHPIECE.