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They say a cigarette can't ignite gas - but------ (Original Post)
packman
Jul 2021
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marble falls
(57,063 posts)1. Livin' large. I think that's a doob, though I've never seen one before.
Worried2020
(444 posts)4. I never seen a doob with a filter on the end!
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marble falls
(57,063 posts)6. Your lucky day:
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hlthe2b
(102,196 posts)2. Idiot may find out...
cloudbase
(5,512 posts)3. It can't.
But it can ignite the vapors quite easily.
Effete Snob
(8,387 posts)5. Very popular myth
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10694-013-0380-3
The Propensity of Lit Cigarettes to Ignite Gasoline Vapors
Howard A. Marcus & Justin A. Geiman
Fire Technology volume 50, pages 13911412 (2014)
Abstract
Fire investigators regularly evaluate available fuels and potential ignition sources to determine the cause of a fire. This work examined the propensity of lit cigarettes to ignite gasoline vapors, expanding on previous work to include a large number of trials and a wide range of test conditions. Experiments were conducted exposing lit cigarettes, both at idle and under draw, to gasoline vapors in various configurations including pools/pans of gasoline, gasoline on textile substrates (clothing), and sprays of gasoline. Five major brands of commercially-manufactured tobacco cigarettes were tested. The experiments conducted for this study consisted of 70 distinct tests involving a total of 723 cigarettes and over 4,500 instances of exposure of a lit cigarette to ignitable concentrations of gasoline vapor in air. There were no instances of the ignition of gasoline vapors from the exposure of those vapors to a lit tobacco cigarette during any of the experiments.
The Propensity of Lit Cigarettes to Ignite Gasoline Vapors
Howard A. Marcus & Justin A. Geiman
Fire Technology volume 50, pages 13911412 (2014)
Abstract
Fire investigators regularly evaluate available fuels and potential ignition sources to determine the cause of a fire. This work examined the propensity of lit cigarettes to ignite gasoline vapors, expanding on previous work to include a large number of trials and a wide range of test conditions. Experiments were conducted exposing lit cigarettes, both at idle and under draw, to gasoline vapors in various configurations including pools/pans of gasoline, gasoline on textile substrates (clothing), and sprays of gasoline. Five major brands of commercially-manufactured tobacco cigarettes were tested. The experiments conducted for this study consisted of 70 distinct tests involving a total of 723 cigarettes and over 4,500 instances of exposure of a lit cigarette to ignitable concentrations of gasoline vapor in air. There were no instances of the ignition of gasoline vapors from the exposure of those vapors to a lit tobacco cigarette during any of the experiments.
miyazaki
(2,239 posts)7. Flicking on that lighter certainly can though.
Taking a drag can increase the temperature too!
I'm not suggesting anyone go out and try it. But it has been attempted under controlled conditions many times, including by Mythbusters, who attempted to recreate the scene in The Birds where a cigar ignites a pool of gasoline.
Personally, I solved this problem by quitting smoking. Which can kill you even without the gasoline.
TomWilm
(1,832 posts)9. When I was to young ...
... we often did the stunt of drowning burning cigarettes in liquid gas.