Why does my mobile phone suck the smoke out of a roll up when it's under it on the ashtray?

Okay , here goes , I posted this question up twice before but nobody seems to be getting it. I'll try to be clearer. I leave a lit roll up cigarette in the groove of an ashtray and my cell phone's receiver is just below it. The Ashtray is sitting on a coffee table and smoke appears to be 'Sucked' into the receiver. No air con , no fans , roll up not in my mouth, just a roll up in an ashtray and a mobile phone.Why does my mobile phone suck the smoke out of a roll up when it's under it on the ashtray?The electric field from your phone, although quite small, creates an charge an the surface of the smoke particles, due to what is known as "electrostatic induction."

The charge at the surface of the particles and that at the phone are opposite in polarity. Opposite charges attract,

So with an attractive force between the particles and your phone, the smoke drifts towards the phone.Why does my mobile phone suck the smoke out of a roll up when it's under it on the ashtray?Makes sense , thanks for reading the question properly , unlike some of the contributors.

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