Japanese Magician Will Blow Your Mind With This Levitation Trick

Twitter user @FustDrift uploaded a video of the unnamed magician performing two levitation tricks. The first illusion involves him levitating a paper cup while the second trick shows him levitating a lit cigarette like it’s nothing. The smoking magician doesn’t say anything for the duration of the video:

Some netizens have speculated that the trick is done by suspending the objects on strings that are quickly attached and detached with sleight of hand. Some have even accused the camera man of being in on it.

How did he do it??