Calling cigar smokers that fly commercially

I was going to commend you for specifying the “fly commercially” thing but someone beat me to it.

I fly a LOT for work and the only rule is there are no rules. What sails through TSA fifty times won’t make it on trip 51. Bring something you expect them to take at some point. Because they will.

I carried wood matches for a long time but then they banned Strike Anywhere matches. Hard to find regular wood matches. I would try those and a cheapo Amazon cigar lighter. Bury them in your carry on and just smile if they seize them. Arguing will get you no where.

I guess you don’t check baggage?

I have been smoking cigars for about 40 years and have yet to find a torch that was worth a shite. Ive tried them all and the only one good I have ever had is a tabletop lighter that worked for years. With that in mind I don't carry a torch....I either use the cigar shops or the lounge or if I am not at either place I buy a bic and live with the hardship. Life is full of trials and tribulations, in the overall scheme of things lighting a cigar with a bic lighter is pretty trivial.....

You can get a decent disposable torch at most convenience stores if you just cant stoop to the shame and indignity of lighting up with a bic. Crack addicts are a demanding demographic.....

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I have been smoking cigars for about 40 years and have yet to find a torch that was worth a shite.

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Awesome post thanks. They really are all pieces of shite aren’t they.

couple things...
1. I knew a guy who had his favorite Zippo taken
2. If there is absolutely no way you could part with it, just plan on buying something wherever you're going to use while you're there.
3. You can always use matches (they were used long before lighters were invented).
4. Don't smoke (not an option)

I just leave my Bic in my pocket when I go through detectors. A cigar cutter in the shape of a .38 round did not make it through though.

Pack some gum or an approved vape pen, trying to smuggle a lighter past a gropey feller that barely graduated high school isn't wise.

Traditional Zippo’s are allowed, but never underestimate the incompetence of TSA. Half the time they don’t know if something is actually approved or not.

Anything you bring assume they will confiscate it. So the cheapest and easiest thing to do is just modify a normal Bic lighters

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What sails through TSA fifty times won’t make it on trip 51. Bring something you expect them to take at some point. Because they will.

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Last time I flew to Cali, when I used to smoke, NOLA TSA made me throw away my lighter. Heading back to New Orleans LAX TSA could not have given a shite less.