Every shisha enthusiast, including beginners, is familiar with quick lights. These are readily available and easy to use. Many quick light charcoals are also considerably cheaper than natural charcoal.

Quick light charcoal can be made from one or multiple sources of charcoal. There may be some natural sources too. However, quick lights always have some chemicals, binders and additives, among other materials. The very fact that this type of charcoal lights up quickly is due to a flammable agent, which could be sulfur or benzene. There may be more than one such component to make the charcoal easier and quicker to light.