longitudinal axis of the lighter 1 in the preferred embodiment the stopper 80 is positioned so that it engages the bottom edge 51 of the back side of the safety button 50 as the safety button is depressed activation of the piezoelectric unit 70 is achieved via operation of the ignition button 60 as shown in fig3 and 4 the ignition button 60 is slidably held within a space 52 defined parallel to the longitudinal axis of the safety button 50 and has an operation section 61 that protrudes through the contact surface 53 of the safety button 50 the ignition button 60 is fixedly attached to the top surface of the flange 100 although in the diagrams depicting the preferred embodiment the relative surface area of the operation section 61 of the ignition button 60 is shown to be approximately between one third and one half of that of the contact surface 53 of the safety button 50 this is not a requirement of the present invention the smaller the cross sectional area of the ignition button 60 the more difficult the operation of the lighter 1 for young children as such the relative sizes of the contact surface 53 and operation section 61 can be changed as dictated by safety requirements also in the preferred embodiment the aperture 52 is located near the middle of the safety button 50 the invention described herein is not limited to this feature of the embodiment either for example the aperture 52 and the ignition button 60 can be located much closer to the windscreen 90 this would not diminish from the effectiveness of the safety feature or the ease of use of.