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Ballpoint lighters are cigarette lighters with a special flint wheel that is easier on the thumb when used.
An example of a manufacturer of this kind of lighter is Société Bic. It started a line of BIC® cigarette lighters that combined its ballpoint pen idea with FLAMINAIRE technology in 1973.
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