With all of the options available for your favorite cigars. A important accessory to make sure to have in your collection is your lighter. To buy lighters that are specifically for cigars, you don’t want to use your typical bic, or zippo, you will want to research what is best for you. When lighting a cigar, you need to make sure that it is a butane lighter. You don’t want to use any other type of fuel, because even when just lighting the cigar, you will taste the fuel when you are smoking the cigar. Butane does not have that taste or smell that will ruin a cigar. Your goal is light the end as evenly as possible. When lighting the cigar, it is best when you apply as little of the flame to the end of the cigar as possible. This will prevent the tobacco from getting carbonized or charred and imparting an unpleasant taste unto it. To do this, hold the flame about 2 inches away from the cigar, and slowly draw long puffs of air through the cigar. The flame should jump up to the cigar. With each new puff, rotate the cigar about a quarter of a turn. Continue this for 4-5 puffs and then inspect your work. If there is a tiny unlit spot, you can blow on it to accelerate the glowing coal to drift over to it. Then, take 1 or 2 slow and steady puffs. Then leave the cigar alone for about 2 minutes, as the first 1/8th to 3/16th of ash builds. This information on lighting your cigars properly, will help you buy lighters that are suitable for your cigar smoking needs.