How abstract do you want it?

ref($this) ne 'Pipe';
ref($_) ne 'Pipe';     # $_ is a topicaliser, so is "this" - thus, "th
+is" == "$_"
! UNIVERSAL::can($this, 'smoke');
$_->can('smoke');
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!.isa('Pipe');
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Update: Missed the ! on the perl6 code.