1. A CIGAR LIGHTER COMPRISING (A) A TUBULAR RECEPTACLE HAVING AN OUTER OPEN END, (B) AN IGNITING UNIT REMOVABLY CARRIED IN THE RECEPTACLE IN A NORMAL STORAGE POSITION, SAID IGNITION UNIT INCLUDING A HANDLING KNOB, A HEATING ELEMENT CARRIER AXIALLY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO THE RECEPTACLE IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS FROM SAID NORMAL STORAGE POSITION, MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH THE HANDLING KNOB FOR MOVING THE HEATING ELEMENT CARRIER FROM SAID STORAGE POSITION INWARDLY TO AN ENERGIZING POSITION, AND SPRING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID HEATING ELEMENT CARRIER OUTWARDLY FROM SAID ENERGIZING POSITION, (C) SAID RECEPTACLE INCLUDING MEANS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSING SAID HANDLING KNOB THEREIN WHEN THE IGNITING UNIT IS IN SAID NORMAL STORAGE POSITION, (D) MEANS ENGAGEABLE BETWEEN THE RECEPTACLE AND THE HANDLING KNOB FOR PREVENTING MOVEMENT OF THE HANDLING KNOB INWARDLY OF THE RECEPTACLE WHEN THE HEATING ELEMENT CARRIER IS MOVED BY SAID MANUALLY OPERABLE MEANS INWARDLY OF THE RECEPTACLE FROM SAID NORMAL STORAGE POSITION, AND (E) MEANS ENGAGEABLE BETWEEN SAID HEATING ELEMENT CARRIER AND SAID HANDLING KNOB FOR MOVING THE HANDLING KNOB OUTWARDLY OF SAID RECEPTACLE WHEN THE HEATING ELEMENT CARRIER IS MOVED BY SAID SPRING MEANS OUTWARDLY FROM SAID ENERGIZING POSITION WHEREBY THE HANDLING KNOB BECOMES ACCESSIBLE FOR REMOVING THE IGNITING UNIT FROM THE RECEPTACLE.