do you want emphysema

I confess I have something of an antipathy towards smoking generally, both on in terms of it's affects and health (remember I sing very seriously and don't want to damage my voice or lungs), and because I really! dislike the smell, especially of cigarettes. I have however used a friend's lighter to light candles when we were having a bbq and did a few experiments that way.

The thing I found works best for candles at least are long cooks matches, sinse you have a lot of burn time, they're easy to light, the flame is audible as well as visible and it's fairly easy to run your candle (or I suppose your pipe or whatever), along the shaft to light them.

Not sure if this helps but there you go.

One thing Iron Cross forgot to mention about lighting gas grills. Always open the cover and leave it that way until the grill is lighted. That will prevent the gas from building up to dangerously explosive levels.

Oh, I almost forgot, regarding smoking, I am so thankful I managed to quit seven and a half years ago, and so far, I've had no cravings, desires, or thoughts of ever picking up that habit again.

They might, I don't know if you have to light pipes so carefully as you do with cigars, if you light a cigar unevenly, it could go out, or just burn weird. That's why they make those cigar cutters, which are these little devices with two finger holes opposite each other, if you have the thing separated, there is a hole in the middle, but as you bring it together, a metal edged piece slides in, that's how it cuts the end off, its just like a blade, similar to that of a utility knife, but not cut at a 45 degree angle. The idea is you chop off the end, its important to get a clean cut, then you take care to light it evenly then its a good smoke. You can light a cigar with a bic lighter, but its better with something butane, or with dual flames like that torch lighter that I had.

Head back to the smoke shop, he should be able to sell you a decent butane lighter. You can light a pipe with a standard Bick, but its painful on the thumb and you really have to practice aiming the flame to get into and around the pipe bowl. A butane will give you a larger and more audible flame to work with, so aiming practice is again necessary but it becomes a tad easier especially in windy environments. When it comes to the pipe, its also necessary to pack it properly so it'll burn uniformly across the whole bowl. Google this topic, you'll learn a thing or two. HTH

Ah, you're talking about the ones that are more rectangular in shape, I've found those to be a pain in the arss generally. When I was a smoker I always gravitated to the more ovoid shaped Bicks that did not come with a flame adjustment nob under where the flame comes out. The other advantage to the ovoid ones is that with a key, you could easily de-safety them thus creating a lot less stress on your lighting thumb where that other variety, which to be honest I don't think is even made by Bick, you were stuck with the safety. Also, even with a larger flame, those adjustable benzine lighters never work well in the wind.

I finally figured out how to operate the Bic. The person at the store didn't explain that the flame comes out of the top rather than the bottom, so a burnt thumb and half a scorched bowl proved a valuable lesson.

I totally agree with your point.

I have what is called a flameless USB Travel lighter. has anyone ever heard of those? The USB pare comes out of the bottom so you can... you got it... charge it. It is very very simular to a zippo lighter. I got it online for about 12 bucks. It has a little coil that heats up when you open it. You have to put your cigar, or cigarette directly on the coil to light it. so it works quite wel for a blind person. Oh, aso, it is wind resistant. which helps when you smoke outside.

I have to confess that I've never heard of USB flameless lighters, the concept sounds interesting, I had the luck to try a flameless lighter a few times in a car though. I prefer to use a BIC lighter to light my cigarettes, they're very good quality and they last for months. and when you are out of gass you can just replace it, they are very cheap. lighting a cigarette is tricky because you have to carefully adjust the position of the cigarette, what I do is I keep the lighter in one hand and with the other I keep the cigarette with the point that must be lit directly above but not touching the place where the fire will get out and light it, the tip must not pass the hole above the lighter or your cigarette might get lit wrong which is a bad idea to do. and also I keep my fingers a few centimetres from the tip so I don't burn them.

@figment np man, I  guess I never thought much about that, I mean, if you're gonna use a grill,  then first take off the cover and get it away from the grill.

So whilst talking to some  others, one said that he didn't want to use a gas grill due  to safety concerns, and I can  say that as long as you take precautions, and follow  the  right steps, you can use the gas grill fine.

Step 1 Move the grill out of its storage place and onto the deck / balcony or  whatever  surface you're going to use it on. And clear away all things that  wouldn't be safe to have   around the  grill, like flammable substances or things. Like, if you have a rug drying on the rail, take it away.
Step 2, and this is  first step and last when operating a gas grill. Turn the bottle all the  way  on. This  means find  the valve on the bottle under  the  grill and turn it counter clockwise  all the way. Making sure its  actually connected  to the grill, and get someone  to show you how to connect it.
Step 3 open the lid  all the way and turn one of the inside burners on. inside meaning that  it should be not an attached  burner on the  side of  the grill, but actually inside the grill, under  the lid.  Turn the burner to the correct position for lighting, indicated by the label on the  grill and by the instruction manual.
Step 4 operate the igniter, this can be either  the push  button type,  where each time you press the button, it sparks the grill and eventually will light it, or it can be the  electrical type, where you hold down the buttonn. You'll  hear  a  series  of clicks with this  latter type, this means each click is a spark. When the grill lights, stop using  the   igniter.
Step 5 turn on the other burners you wish  to use, most times these burners will light due to the adjacent flames and  do not require additional use of the igniter.
Step 6 Do your cooking, adjusting the burners  as needed by whatever you're going  to grill.
Step 7  when done, turn off all  the burners, and very important, turn off the bottle. Turning the  valve clockwise until it cannot  go  any further. Then wait for things to cool down so you can  close the lid  and put the  cover back on, then you  can move the  grill into its storage  position.

Gas  grills usually have some sort of undercarriage that  stores the  bottle. When you have  the bottle  off and are  not grilling, it is not necessary to disconnect the bottle. Most people I know don't do  this because the valve stops the gas from going into the grill and causing dangerous gas buildup. As I said, Do not turn the gas  all the way up to light,  this can cause flare ups and the flames will jump very high out of the grill. Turn  the  burner instead to the correct position for lighting.