Airports will stop taking your lighter
From Times Wire Reports
Screeners at U.S. airports will stop confiscating most cigarette lighters after Aug. 4 because authorities now consider it a distraction from efforts to find bombs and other threats, Transportation Security Administration officials said.
Lighters are the most confiscated item at airport security checkpoints, about 22,000 per day. Torch lighters, which burn hotter and tend to be used for pipes and cigars, will still not be allowed in the passenger cabin, the officials said.
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