A smoker was killed when his car exploded into a fireball after he dropped a cigarette lighter on the passenger seat, an inquest has heard. Richard Read, 61, suffered severe burns after he ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Would you ever consider paying $34 for a lighter? What about $125? That's the price range of a Zippo lighter. Expensive? Yes. But people insist that ...

Eight decades ago, an oil man named George Blaisdell observed a friend try—and fail—to light a lady’s cigarette on a windy day in rural northwest Pennsylvania. The futile attempt sparked an idea in ...