Having just watched an episode of Columbo - the very first pilot episode "Prescription: Murder" as it happens - something the lieutenant said struck me as odd,
"I hope you don't mind if I light my cigar. Most women don't like cigars. My wife prefers a pipe, but I could never get used to those things. Too much to carry around with you."
(Prescription Murder 1968)
Doesn't seem to me a good reason as carrying a pipe with accessories is no more "too much to carry around" than a cigar with accessories
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