Child resistant utility lighter

A child resistant utility lighter having a handle, a barrel mounted in said handle and extending outward, a fuel tank within said handle and for containing liquefied gaseous fuel, a gas valve mounted on said fuel tank, a trigger, and, a lever rotatably mounted on said handle by a lever pin, wherein said improvements comprising:

• a safe button slidably mounted on said handle and pushed by a first elastic element to an undepressed position;
• and,
• a piezoelectric unit contained in said handle and having a starting button, said piezoelectric unit remains in a safe position in which said trigger, when depressed, is unable to make contact with said piezoelectric unit, said piezoelectric unit being placed into an aligning position with the trigger by depressing said safe button, the piezoelectric unit in the aligning position creating a spark for ignition by being contacted by said trigger when said trigger is depressed.