These matchbooks were picked up at a little corner store in Cavtat, a town on a bay just south of Dubrovnik.  Matchbooks weren’t available for FREE restaurants or bars, they were sold in local shops.  They cost about 10 kuna, which is the equivalent to about two cents.

Do you have a matchbook that you’ve found in a drawer somewhere?  Or maybe you’ve picked one up in some recent travels?  I’d love to feature it in an upcoming Matchbook Monday.  All you need to do is take a photo and email it to me, including any odds and ends of details about where you got in and when. It’s getting harder and harder to find new matchbooks, so dig deep into your collection and help me out!

Photo credit:  personal collection

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It runs on batteries or USB, and looks like a cigar, cigarette, or pipe, and is designed to simulate real smoking.  It looks like, smells like, tastes like the real thing, right down to the glowing tip that makes it look like it’s burning.  There’s even a vapor that looks like smoke.

I haven’t seen these on a flight yet, but they are cropping up more frequently these days. 

A quick, informal, and non-scientific poll of my Flight Attendant friends indicates that most airlines are not allowing these devices to be used onboard the aircraft.  I’m not certain if they are falling under the “no smoking” rule or the “use of approved electronic devices” rule, but it really doesn’t matter.  For now, at least, electronic smoking devices do not seem to be allowed on most US carriers.

If you know of any airline that allows the use of these devices onboard, please leave a comment.

Photo credit:  SXC

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