1970 Rally dash

If you had seen the OEM plastic a-body bezels with rings melted around that hole you wouldn't have put a lighter there. I can't say it was drunk passengers or what condition caused it but it did happen more often than you would imagine.
Original owner of my car was a smoker. And my dash bezel had rings melted in it from him missing the hole. He smoked a cigarette in the car when I test drove it before I bought it. He opened the vent window and let the smoke go out while I drove the car. 1979 back when ppl were allowed to smoke on busses, air planes, in offices, bars etc etc etc.