I never smoked cigarettes until I had a job doing market research in the 80s. At least 2/3 of the 120 people there smoked, and I eventually started bumming smokes. Then I started with clove cigarettes before they were trendy. I dropped one in a half-filled cup of water without realizing that they are difficult to extinguish...so it apparently floated to the side of a styrofoam cup and melted a hole in it- I suddenly thought, "Why am I wet?" Then the CRT (as big as an old cash register) made started crackling and sparking, I yanked the cord, knocking over the cup in the process.