Little Known Facts #3

Way back on 11/21/1871, the first US patent for a cigar lighter was issued to Moses F. Gale of New York City (Patent No. 121,049). It was described as “an ornamental mechanical device to be attached by a flexible tube to a gas supply”. The gas then traveled through the hollow body of the lighter, and is regulated by an internal valve controlled by a pivot motion from a control screw.

I still feel as though matches and raw cedar sticks are the best ways to light up a stick, however the lighter industry has come a long way from the days of 1871.