Governments use different kinds of taxes and vary the tax rates. This is done to distribute the tax burden among individuals or classes of the population involved in taxable activities, such as business, or to redistribute resources between individuals or classes in the population.
The electrical cigar-lighter was invented and patented in the early 1880s by the German inventor Friedrich Wilhelm Schindler (de). In the 1890s, these tools were sold as electrical cigar lighters (Cigarrenanzuender), and later as Zigarrenanzuender in the major German warehouse catalogues.
The first disposable lighter was invented in 1972 by the S. T. Dupont Company, an affiliate of Gillette. Later in 1973, BIC introduced a disposable lighter that was capable of 3,000 lights, accord... Read More Â». http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/2032022.