Article: Zippo lighter stunts drawing fire from authorities

The Patriot Ledger

QUINCY - A man in a black shirt presents a cigarette lighter to the camera, bounces it like a hot potato high into the air and catches it, lit.

The stunt is called the "holy volley," and detailed instructions for performing that and other tricks are posted on a Zippo Manufacturing web site. The webmaster for the site explains that the page has not been updated recently because he has been away "allowing my eyebrows to grow back out."

The National Fire Protection Association is not laughing. The Quincy-based organization has been at the forefront of a monthslong campaign to get Zippo to remove the site. "It's just a very dangerous thing," said association President James ...

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