Abstract: A gas fueled lighter wherein a cam member is rotated in response to the vertical opening and closing movements of the cover and the rotational movement of the cam member in a vertical plane is converted into the rotational movement of a bearing member holding a knurled sparking wheel in a horizontal plane to thereby allow the sparking wheel to smoothly project from and recede into a lighter casing, and a sparking mechanism and a burner valve opening and closing mechanism are combined into one block and mounted as such in the casing thereby simplifying the assemblying as well as the disassemblying of the lighter for repair purposes.