Hi F - As above - its a pheromone thing - he's marking you as territory.
Wild big cats do the same to reassert their space which is what the furniture thing is about in your place - not sure what the ciggarette concept is though.......does he aim to rub your face after a good bottom clean and a fag then?
Cats rule a house (people own dogs, but cats own people, as they say...) so he's just being natural..This might be interesting to you :
http://www.messybeast.com/cat_talk2.htm
Ta for now..