The end of a lighter

Sunday night we had a brief power outage.  I went to light a candle and all the Bic lighter would do was spark.  It was dead.  Finally. This was the lighter that, 40 months ago, I used to light my last cigarette.  I've carried it ever since as a tool, just like my pocket knife, for emergency light or heat or burning nylon strings in two (better than a knife). Now I have to replace it.  Hmmmm.  It's going to be weird, buying a lighter without buying cigs.  I sort of hope the cashier asks if I want cigs when I get it.  The look on his/her face when I say I quit smoking over 3 years ago might be interesting.  Or not.   Eve still has hers and it still works.  She now uses it for candles and incense.  It lives on the shelf next to the stereo.  I wonder how long it will last?