You have an infinite supply of cigarettes. You arrange N number of
cigarettes so that every cigarette touches every other cigarette; what
is the maximum possible N?

ASSUMPTIONS: Cigarettes are 3 dimensional objects and have finite
size in every dimension; further, assume cigarettes are perfect right
cylinders of exact same size to an atomic level. You can assume the
cigarettes are "sticky" and will stay exactly where you put them. For
a cigarette to "touch" another, at least one atom has to be in direct
contact with one atom of the other cigarette, so for example, you can
NOT lay 4 cigarette's down flat on the table in a + (plus/cross) sign


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