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If you can put a lump of phosphor on a bit of matchwood (or whatever they use these days) and make something that ignites when rubbed against an abrasive surface, why not do the same for cigarettes?
How much easier would a smoker's life be if you just opened a pack, pulled out a ciggy, scraped
it down the side of the pack and hey presto, one lighted cigarette? No more need for lighters or matches.
And you could probably convert existing match factories to do the job, so there wouldn't be a great deal of cost involved.
G.Y.Sakamoto: Cigarette Igniter (1928)
http://patimg1.uspt...&idkey=FB4FEA952E20
Some 10 or so patents since have improved on the basic design. [jutta, May 11 2001]
(?) History of matchless cigarettes in the US
http://www.wclynx.c...packsmatchless.html
From Unicum (1882) to Spotlite (1954). [jutta, May 29 2007]
Deca self-lighting cigarettes (UK, 1960ies)
http://www.arghutch....uk/deca%20cigs.jpg
With a diagram on the back that shows how they work. [jutta, May 29 2007]
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remind me again why we want to make smoking easier...... |
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I think this would eliminate a very common chat up line. |
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Apparently this product was actually produced in the 1980s in Hull, but when it was tested in a nightclub, a disasterous flaw was discovered.
As the exploding tip ciggys were handed around, people forgot to strike them on the box, preferring to try and light them in the conventional way, with their lighter.
This meant that several of the revellers' hairdos went up like Aussie bush fires, since the fashion at the time was to sport a kind of fluffy bouffante mullet, drenched in hairspray, which literally added fuel to the fire, and as the end flared up in front of their eyes, they watched in horror as their 'Bon Jovi' became a 'Burn Jovi'. |
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There were indeed "Deca" brand self-lighting filter-tipped cigarettes in the UK. Not sure what they looked like or how they worked. |
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Why screw with a Good thing? If cigarettes lit themselves than what good would lighters be for besides lighting a joint? Oh Yeah! Light a joint! |
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*Newbie hangs head in shame |
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Don't worry, [kifn2]. Happens to everyone. |
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spent ages trying to work out what it was you had done, kifn2. |
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And ages later, another investigator stumbles down the cold trail. |
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