Show ecuador lifts ban on cigar ligh lighters guayaquil Gu ayaquil another prohibition law has railed failed this one had noth ing to do with intoxicating beverages it prohibited the possession and use of patent cigarette lighters in ecuador the fact that frequently they fall to light had nothing to do with the prohibition ecuador among other things has a government match monopoly and the prohibition was intended to eliminate the competition of the patent lighters however since people have ignored the law and used lighters the latter will be taxed at from 1 to 8 a year the lowest rate applying to lighters made of nickel and the highest to those made of gold I 1 the largest cut stone from the cul llan ilan weighing carats barats |