Magic tricks with cigarettes: recommended tricks for parties and performances
There are many kinds of magic tricks, including those that use special boxes or ropes, but performances that use familiar objects—like coins or playing cards—are often more captivating, aren’t they?
In this article, we’ll introduce magic tricks that use one such everyday item: cigarettes.
If you can casually perform them when you’re having a drink with friends or taking a break at work, you’re sure to liven up the moment!
In addition to sleight-of-hand tricks, there are also relatively easy ones you can do if you prepare a simple gimmick, so give them a try.
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Magic tricks with cigarettes: Recommended tricks for entertainment and performances (1–10)
A lit cigarette goes out in my hand.
They put a lit cigarette into a hole made with their left hand.
You can’t help but want to shout, “You’ll burn yourself!” but when they open their left hand, the cigarette has vanished—this is the magic trick.
It uses a gadget called a “thumb tip,” which is shaped like a thumb.
At the start, when they show their palm to prove they’re not holding anything, the thumb tip is already covering the left thumb.
They secretly remove it and hide it inside the hole made by the left hand, then push the cigarette into it as a concealed ashtray—that’s the secret.
Handle fire with care!
an upright cigarette
It’s a magic trick where a cigarette stands upright on the palm, even though it should be at an unstable angle, and it doesn’t topple even when you move your hand.
The secret is that a piece of double-sided tape is attached to the edge of the filter, which is used to fix it to the palm.
The most important thing is not to let the audience realize there’s double-sided tape, so choosing a filter color that hides it well is crucial.
The more firmly you stick it on, the more it will withstand hand movement; however, that also increases the risk of the sticking action being noticed, so be careful about that part.
The torn cigarette is back!
Guaranteed to be a hit at drinking parties! This is a magic trick that makes a torn cigarette look like it has been restored.
The secret is that you don’t actually tear it completely—you just cut off the tip.
Hone your performance skills so you can pull it off to the end without getting caught!
Magic tricks with cigarettes: recommended acts for parties and performances (11–20)
A magic trick where money comes out of a cigarette
This is a magic trick where you touch the cotton placed on your palm with a lit cigarette, and it flares up instantly, making a coin appear.
The coin to be produced is hidden in the hand holding the cigarette and is released into the palm at the moment the cotton ignites.
The heat will reach both the palm holding the cotton and the hand holding the cigarette, but since it’s only for an instant, tough it out.
Pretending not to feel the heat is an important point for making the coin appear more smoothly.
A cigarette I can’t light no matter how many times I try
Cigarettes usually have a colored filter, and you light the opposite end to smoke.
Naturally, you’re supposed to put the filter end in your mouth, but this trick makes it impossible to get the filter end between your lips.
Even though you bring it to your mouth the right way, the orientation somehow keeps flipping.
The trick uses a cigarette whose emptied side has been cut lengthwise and reassembled so that the filter sections alternate when joined.
By subtly giving it a half twist each time, it becomes a cigarette you can never manage to light.
Knock down only the cigarette in the middle with your breath.
This is a magic trick where you blow only the middle of three cigarettes standing on a table so that only that one falls over.
It’s mysterious to see the middle one fall not only when they’re spaced far apart, but also when they’re placed close together.
How you hold the cigarettes when rearranging them into a narrow spacing is key: you apply a slight force to the middle cigarette to make it easier to topple.
Then you just blow with enough strength for only the middle one to fall.
If you blow too hard, all of them will fall, so be sure to practice controlling your breath.
The plastic wrap on cigarette packs is back.
This is a magic trick where the plastic wrap on the back of a cigarette pack, which seemed to have been opened a moment ago, returns to a perfectly sealed state when you place it in your hand and give a signal.
The method uses the shape of the box and cleverly moves a piece of plastic that has been cut in half to make it appear open.
By rotating the plastic, you make it look as if it’s been opened, then when it’s in your hand, you rotate it again to return it to its original state.
If the plastic has wrinkles, the secret is easier to spot, so it’s best to perform in a dim environment and use a cigarette pack that hasn’t been opened for long.