Frank J. Wilstach, comp. A Dictionary of Similes. 1916.

Smoke

Smoked like a herring.
—Robert Browning

Smoking like a crater.
—Alphonse Daudet

Smoked like a gammon of bacon.
—Anthony Hamilton

Smoked like a chimney.
—Richard Harris Barham

Smoking like a boiler at the heat.
—James Sheridan Knowles

Smoking like an iron works.
—Tom Taylor