Once an ubiquiteous component of 20th century culture, smoking has gone from a fashionable habit to an almost totally shunned vice - all within the last thirty years. Does anyone remember smoking in elevators and the cloudy haze in movie theatres?

The 1920's to 1930's were one of the most prolific times for tobacco related material, due to both the fashion and the prevalence of wealtlhy patrons that demanded fine accessories.

Now that tobacco has crossed to the dark side, the taboo can only add to the desirabilty of tobacco related collectibles, and lighters are one of the most popular categories today. Brands such as Camel, Colibri, Dunhill, Dupont, Evans, Ronson, Scripto and especially Zippo lighters are popular

Some of the categories for tobbaco related collectibles include ashtrays, cases, cigar, cigarette, felts & silks, lighters, match holders, papers, pipes, rollers & makers, signs, tags, tins, tobacco cards and other tobacciana.

Resources:

The International Vintage Lighter Exchange
http://www.vintagelighters.com/
A fantastic source of vintage and new lighters for the cigar or cigarette lighter collector & enthusiast from such famous companies as Dunhill, Ronson, Zippo, Evans, Scripto, and many others.