# Smokers: This ever happen to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 23, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-this-ever-happen-to-you/203213 "2003-09-23T00:58:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-this-ever-happen-to-you/203213/1 "2003-09-23T00:58:07Z")
You take a drag, pull you hand away from your mouth, and the smokestream makes a perfect smoke ring. What is up with that? ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-this-ever-happen-to-you/203213/2 "2003-09-23T03:20:03Z")
yes, it has. it’s not all that surprising that it happens occasionally, given the shape of the mouth when you exhale. what… no, I’m not just posting cause I’m so close to 1000. ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-this-ever-happen-to-you/203213/3 "2003-09-23T03:29:12Z")
Yes, many times. I would also like to add that I am feeling very cool, even though I do the bad evil smoking thing. My SO bought me a silver cigarette case over the weekend. I feel like I am in a 30’s movie. Cigarette, dahling? ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-this-ever-happen-to-you/203213/4 "2003-09-23T03:29:39Z")
Happy 1K, **5-HT**! But that’s not what I mean. The smokering doesn’t come from my mouth (altho I can blow smokerings like Gandalf. 😉 ) It’s from the cig… from the line of smoke that rises from it (the smokestream) C’mon people! I CAN’T be the only person this has happened to in the WHOLE universe… ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-this-ever-happen-to-you/203213/5 "2003-09-23T03:50:11Z")
**Lyllyan** , thank you, hon! I thought I was hallucinating! Cigarette, dahling? ---
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-this-ever-happen-to-you/203213/6 "2003-09-23T14:10:02Z")
You know, the weird thing is, that if you try to make a smoke ring with your cigarette, it never works, but when you aren’t paying attention it just pops out and makes the perfect little O. ---
**Author:** ![FreeRange\_Maniac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/97f17d/32.png) [@FreeRange\_Maniac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FreeRange_Maniac)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-this-ever-happen-to-you/203213/7 "2003-09-23T14:13:14Z")
Yeah, that’s happened a few times to me, too. ---
**Author:** ![sk8rixtx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/858c86/32.png) [@sk8rixtx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sk8rixtx)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-this-ever-happen-to-you/203213/8 "2003-09-23T14:15:46Z")
i know what your talkin about. i can also do it with a lighter. just flick the flint and dont light it. perfect smoke ring. its neat, cause if you hold your hand steady enough you can do it over and over again. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-this-ever-happen-to-you/203213/9 "2003-09-23T14:59:38Z")
Okay, when you get really bored, do this: Take the cellophane almost completely off the pack. So you have an empty space in the cellophane. Then with your cigarette, burn a hole in the center of the empty space. Blow a little smoke into the empty area. Tap the end of the cellophane and you get a gazillion little cheerio-sized smoke rings. I know, I know…“get a fucking life, Kalhoun.” ---
**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-this-ever-happen-to-you/203213/10 "2003-09-23T17:18:53Z")
I have seen what the OP is describing and can do it pretty regularly. IN a place without a breeze or wind, hold the lit cig vertically between your index finger and thumb so that the filter end is down. Wait until the smoke rises steadily from the end straight up. Then slightly move the cig up and back down (about 1/2") quickly so that the cherry goes into the smoke. The disturbance from the cig should make a smoke ring. ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-this-ever-happen-to-you/203213/11 "2003-09-23T17:32:36Z")
I can’t say that has ever happened to me. I do hate it when I am smoking and go to remove the cigarette from my mouth, but the damned thing sticks to my lip. So , my fingers slide down the cigarette and reach the cherry and burn the dog piss outta me. That usually only happens when it is cold outside. ---
**Author:** ![dpfoody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/57b2e6/32.png) [@dpfoody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpfoody)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-this-ever-happen-to-you/203213/12 "2003-09-23T19:50:49Z")
Yeah, **if6was9** , I know exactly what you’re talking about. [hijack] BTW, have you ever turned $6 into a sandwich? :dubious: [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smokers-this-ever-happen-to-you/203213/13 "2003-09-24T01:32:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lyllyan \* > \*\*You know, the weird thing is, that if you try to make a smoke ring with your cigarette, it never works, but when you aren’t paying attention it just pops out and makes the perfect little O. \*\* Yeah! Always when you least expect it! **Kalhoun** , I’ve done that. Little tiny smoke rings… Another cool trick I’ve done… Get a big wad of bubble gum. Take a drag into your mouth and hold it there. Blow a bubble and squish the smoke into the bubble. Then seal the bubble. Pull it out of your mouth (carefully.) Then just touch a thin part of the bubble and pull your finger away. Smoking Bubble! How many smokers have tried what **malaka** said? _raises hand_