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Silicosis from smoking pipe and igniting it with flint lighter

Hi! I'm an occasional pipe smoker, and I use a standard flint lighter (like the one for the cigarettes) to light the pipe. Sometimes I ignite the lighter just near the pipe and therefore some of the flint dust may fall into the pipe. Flint is made out of silica, therefore may those tiny silica particles that fall on my smoking mixture cause silicosis?  

Thanks in advance for your responses!
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