Cigarette boats are so totally 1980s that it’s as if they zoomed straight out of a "Miami Vice" episode and, improbably, onto Lake Washington. Lucy Copass never saw them coming, but she’s heard them, all right. "There were a few last year and the year before, but this year is fierce," said Copass, a longtime Mercer Island resident. "It’s like, ‘Attack of the Cigarette Boats.’ " A brand of racer originally named after a Prohibition-era smuggling vessel, "cigarette" has become the generic term for narrow powerboats with a V-shaped hull that lets the boat sit high in the water. Though some can reach speeds of up to 100 mph and burn through many gallons of fuel in a single ride, critics say it’s the din of the engines that makes cigarette boats such a drag. From her Mercer Island home, Judy Schocken said the boats sound like the takeoff of a 747, as heard from the runway. "By the time it is anywhere close to you, conversations are impossible," she said. While there are likely no more than a handful of such high-performance boats on Lake Washington, King County Sheriff’s Deputy Keith Bennett, who works in the marine-patrol unit, says they’re the "hot topic this year. We’re getting complaints from all over the lake." Mercer Island Councilman Michael Grady is pushing King County to snuff out cigarette boats altogether by enacting an ordinance that would ban them from King County’s lakes and areas near shore. 555 Belomorkanal Bond Camel Chesterfield Dallas Davidoff Dunhill Epique Esse Gauloises Karelia Kent L&M Lucky Strike Magna Marlboro Marlboro Mild Seven Monte Carlo More Pall Mall Parliament Peter I R1 Rothmans Russian Style Salem Sobranie Sovereign Viceroy Virginia Slims Vogue West Winston