the portion of the depression extends beyond the top surface 37 of the lever the portion 31 is shaped to accommodate the lever in a raised position and is generally sized to accommodate the typical size of a human thumb referring now to fig4 a cross sectional view of a portion of the lighter 5 the portion indicated by arrows of fig3 is provided the lighter includes an ignition cavity 45 coupled to a fuel cavity 46 by an ignition rod 47 as described above the lighter also includes a trigger cavity 30 defined by the outer housing 10 a and an interior plate 48 a trigger housing 33 is disposed in the trigger cavity 30 wherein the trigger housing is defined by the trigger extension 22 the trigger neck 23 a base 42 and an interior trigger wall 44 the interior trigger wall 44 is slideably coupled to the interior plate 48 mounted at the exterior of the interior trigger wall extending into the ignition cavity 45 is an ignition substance 50 when the ignition substance 50 is coupled with the ignition rod 47 an electric current voltage or spark are created thereby heating the ignition rod and causing the ignition rod to ignite the fuel in the fuel cavity 46 thus the ignition substance 50 and the ignition rod 47 together provide an ignition means many different methods of igniting fuel.