I remember a boss who used to talk to me with a lit cigarette in his mouth and the ashes would not fall out, I don't know how he did it, but I would lose my concentration just looking at the blessed cigarette
It's no longer like this in the UK. Things changed in the late 80's and smoking was outlawed indoors in 2007.
I remember when I was young when I used to go to the disco in John Travolta's time, for God's sake I had to go out to be able to breathe because of the number of people smoking, it was crazy. Fortunately, things have changed.