As the resident heretic, I light my tobacco with a standard, Zippo windproof 98% of the time; cigars and pipes both. Yes, it does yield a slight petro flavor for the first puff or two sometimes. Yes, it tends to burn the rim of my pipes after a while. Don't care. I 'prefer' wooden kitchen matches as my ideal light but let's face it; that's not always... no, not usually practical. The convenience of the Zippo and the absolute reliability outweighs the negatives by a ton or two.