I've heard a couple of stories where the owners of a haunted house tell of a lit cigarette floating through the room. It's rare, I'm sure. Mostly, the haunted people report smelling smoke but never actually seeing the source. Thanks for liking my response. I can honestly see me doing that. lol and I'd probably make the spirit made and it would smack me or something.

I hadn't considered the time thing. You may very well be right about that. Perhaps a spirit thinks it took something for a short time in it's time-line and through the dimensions back to ours it may have been years or centuries.

I like the way you think. Thanks so much.