I'm pretty sure you gotta be 18 to buy a lighter...Some people might not give a shit though. I used to buy torches when I was 12 at the convient store down the road from my friends house. It was almost a ritual for us to ride our bikes there and buy a torch whenever I wen't over there. Good times, good times.
Yeah, having no lighter, and bud ready to smoke is a BITCH.
Last friday ALMOST sucked hardcore. Me and my friend are about to blaze and were drivin', and my lighter was almost dead the night before, I light it once and didn't wanna waste any to make sure I could light the joint the next day. Well, I must have wasted just enough cause that shit would not light. And ofcourse the lighter in my car ain't workin' either. I'm only 16 though, but my friends like "you look 18 just try to buy one" (I don't look 18...) and I wanted to blaze so we pulled over to a convient store and I ran in to try and buy a lighter. The guy asked me how old I was, I said "18" hoping he wouldn't card me, he asked what year I was born, I said "1988" and he let me buy it. I was so happy. The lighter that broke was my last lighter too, and I have...well more than 10g of my stash still.