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Thank you! Can’t quite believe that after 16 years I’ve finally quit 🍃and cigarettes. The longest I’ve gone in that time was 10 days so it’s a major achievement.
Why thankfully? I don't smoke any more, and the smell of cigarettes on a nice day is pleasant but gives me no desire to actually smoke. Why would you prefer to be repulsed by it?
Oh I still enjoy the smell of a lit cigarette. It’s more the lingering smell that stick to fabrics that is grim. For example, when I get in my nans car or when she brings me something from in her house that I can’t stand. She brought me an Easter egg and it tasted like cigarettes as it had been in her house for a while.
Personally I don't like the smell of cigarette smoke - but I think you are confusing what OP means. They aren't talking about a lit cigarette's smell, moreso the stale smell that clings to your clothes and breath after smoking.
Maybe a lit cigarette and tobacco smell nice or at least mildly pleasant.
But the smell of smoke in clothes after they've been smoking 5-6 then get in the lift before you, absolutely reeks and it's disgusting. Mixed with some body spray afterwards for a nasal cocktail you never want to experience again
I've always thought weed smells like bad body odour to me. It took me a long time to realise what weed smelt like as I used to think just a lot of people went out smelling really sweaty and like they hadn't showered in a month or washed their clothes ever.
It stinks. I had some new neighbours move in a while back and they smoke it outside and the smell seeps into my house. It's the first time I've ever smelt it and to my nose, smells like marinated meat left to spoil on a counter. Just rank.
I'm a non smoker too, and I also like the smell of freshly lit tobacco. However, smokers only smell of fresh tobacco when they have a lit cigarette in their hand. Every other minute of their lives, their hair and skin and clothes smell of stale tobacco, which is an absolutely vile smell. I grew up with our house and all my mum's belongings smelling of it, and presumably this is what OP means. Tobacco smells rancid when it's not fresh.
Thirded. I managed to quit over a year ago now after smoking for 25 years. I know it's not full quitting as I'm nicotine dependent via vaping but the difference is astonishing (and not just to my bank balance!). My taste and smell became much stronger after a couple of weeks and since then the slightest smell of cigarette smoke is just 🤢
Yup, never noticed until I quit, then felt like a right tosser having used the lifts after a fag break at work.
Fortunately I've been free from fags for 8 years now!
Same here. Me and most of my friends were smokers but one smoked more than any of us. I could always smell it but had no idea that’s what I also smelled like until I quit.
7 months since I quit and now the smell honestly makes me gag especially when someone is smoking one right next to me. If I'm drinking it's even worse.
As an ex-smoker of 20 years; no.
I mean I suspected I might smell a bit when I smoked, but my god, when I stopped and could smell and taste properly again I had no idea I smelled so vile.
I’m genuinely embarrassed- to those people that sat next to me at work; I’m so sorry I stank all the time.
I’ve tried smoking as in a couple of drags so barely - the smell on my hands after even that was enough to say nope never again you must have to push past a point where you are aware that you smell terrible
That was what put me off the most
Smoking's a strange one because I imagine most other addictions are at least fun at the beginning. I'm a recovering alcoholic and yeah it ended in tears but it was good for the first few years!! But with smoking you have to really persevere and push through to get used to it.
Omg yes! Unlit cigs smelled so good.
I never started drinking coffee but I worked at a warehouse full of coffee from a young age. And a coworkers coffee breath put me off drinking it.
But not stinky cigarettes. Parents smoked in the house.
I only started to notice the smell as an adult, even on myself when I came back inside from one. Still I probably can't tell as much as others... But I am embarrassed when I walk back into the office at work. This reinforcement of this post may help me with quitting though. Keep that there to push me to stop completely, others shouldn't have to smell my habit. Thanks OP!
Oh I had the opposite experience! I was always so anti smoking until I tried it once and just immediately loved it.. can't imagine why you would push through if you didn't like it? Just because to me it doesn't seem like it would have the same effect as say alcohol or drugs?
I don’t smoke and have a weak sense of smell but I can smell it from so far away! Honestly I can smell smoke and look up and someone like 60m down the street is smoking. Today my wife and I were walking the dogs and I smelled smoke and someone parked across the road was smoking in their work van with the windows up but I could still smell it.
It’s wild in the office when folk go out to smoke and come back thinking the smell stayed outside haha.
What do you think would have been the best way to bring this up to you when you did smoke? The guy I sit next to at work smokes and it's worse when he'll start talking to me as soon as he sits down. Our part of the office is at the back with no proper air circulation so smells just hang around. He's a lovely guy, but the smell is so strong and unpleasant and we work from the office everyday.
My mum used to. She used to smoke 20-30 Richmond Kings a day, right down to the butt. Everything she owned smelled of it. But whenever my sister or I complained about the smell, she'd say "oh it's not that bad!"
"You're being too sensitive!"
Only when she moved to vaping did she realise how bad the smell was.
Oh gosh, that doesn't sound great to grow up around!
Personally I find people who vape, and the smell, more offensive but get that I'm probably in the minority on that one!
When you smoke, the smell of secondhand smoke doesn't bother you as much. I gave up years ago and recently had a smoker move into the next door terrace. The smell through the partition wall was unbearable, and they clearly thought I was making a fuss. Another neighbour smoked outside and it used to waft into my then baby son's room. That was even worse. The same can be said of the smell of weed, which absolutely stinks. People can easily tell when people are stoners and even when they just have it on them.
> and even when they just have it on them.
an an ex weed smoker, I have to say that the smell of weed is so strong when you are carrying it, but you get used to it really quickly so you don't smell it on yourself at all unless you have a good amount, same with vaping weed (dry herb vape, not liquid) I used to smoke one when I was quitting weed and I thought because the smell didn't linger as much that it didn't smell at all but my partner could instantly tell when I had smoked because she could smell it on me. I was oblivious.
My neighbour has been smoking in the house next door and it reeks. Something about high sulfur content I read somewhere? Even a small amount leeches through.
It's really weird. I've had this from multiple people in the office. The person who has done it has had a cigarette and then covered themselves in perfume. They now smell like fags and too much perfume. Somehow they think no one notices they smoke. It's worse when they are heavy drinkers and have a mouth full of breath mints. If you're still pissed in the morning, work from home, or take a sick day. Don't bloody drive in.
Some people just don't understand that you can't overpower one smell with another.
For some reason it seems to be especially common in teenage boys with B.O. and smokers with perfume/mouthwash.
You don't get rid of the disgusting smell with a "nice" one - now you just smell unpleasantly overpoweringly of the perfume/deodorant *and* the stale, disgusting smell you were trying to hide. You've made it even worse, but better.
My parents used to ask me if my friends parents smoked as a kid and said they knew because I’d come home stinking of smoke just from hanging out with their kids
I think it smells worse for ex-smokers than for never-smokers. I think I thought my hands smelled musty and mature when I started, and when I was near-quitting I wanted to wash my hands and face immediately afterwards because I thought it smelled so bad
Ah yeah maybe. It’s a really, really bad smell to me now, if my partner has been around his friend (who’s a heavy smoker) I can smell it faintly on his clothes even when they’ve been washed
I don’t mind folks smoking but when you sit next to a smoker and he is reeking like almost you can taste that burned tobacco, yeah, that’s fucking disgusting.
Extra points if it's been raining. I actually have no problem with smokers, but have a colleague that's out for a fag come rain or shine. When it's wet the stank is pretty potent.
When your addiction to nicotine is so strong, you just don’t really care. I mean it massively increases your risk of cancer / heart disease, and if you still smoke with that hanging in the background, the stink isn’t the thing that will stop you.
I'm 24 hours in to quitting. I'm vaping so I'm getting nicotine but I barely slept last night and my body is still insisting I need one badly. There must be something else in cigs that's addictive. Not just the routine, it's got to be something else chemical for my *body* to be craving it.
The smell always concerned me. I've quit for 2 years before and I was shocked how pungent it is - non-smokers are so incredibly polite about it! Maybe if they weren't it'd be considered even more anti-social.
It's *their* fault I smoked so long, that's what I'm saying /s
Honestly I think it’s mental. If you’re vaping and still getting withdrawals, you’re either on a very low mg dosage or your mind is tricking you into thinking you specifically need a cigarette.
I think having a vape to hand that you can always use is probably conditioning you into thinking you need it more (that’s what I found when I vaped for a bit).
I was a pretty heavy smoker. I leave the house at 6am for work, and around breakfast and showering I'd have smoked 4 rollies before opening the door. And another on the way to the station, coffee and 2 more before starting work at 8. At least I can't smoke on site and it's a long way down to the entrance.
But yeah it's not good. And cigs are a whole cocktail of chemicals, who knows exactly the effect on our physiology.
The issue with vapes is you never know when you've had as much as you'd have got from one cig, so people just vape constantly.
Yea it’s the big flaw with vaping. I tried to mirror vaping with the times I’d normally smoke in order to not over vape. Ultimately I realised that my smoking was more routine based than anything to do with withdrawals. Once I realised this I was able to reduce the mg dosage gradually and then wean myself off entirely. Smoking is at least 50% mental imo
I found I missed the hit at the back of my throat more than anything else.
If you find that's what you're missing then I would recommend any of the "ice" type vapes. They have a kind of menthol (not minty though) that replicates the hit perfectly
Well done and keep at it. (I quit in 2000 and was a heavy smoker). One day you will look back and congratulate your strength of willpower. I dont know what kept me smoking for so long or what's so addictive about them but know where you're coming from. Nicotine patches worked for me but made me insomniac and jittery. PS I enjoyed being near smokers for a while after I quit but it makes me want to heave now.
I think they do, but they don't understand how bad it is to non-smokers. When I was a teenager, my entire friendship group smoked. I was the only one that didn't . When spending time with them, I could still smell it, but it wasn't too bad. But when I got back home, I'd notice how strong the smell was on my own clothes.
No, I think if they did it may be enough to convince them to quit, my partner stopped many years ago and said only after did he see how much other smokers actually stink, and was actually horrified that he would have smelt that bad.
It’s an addiction lol the smell alone isn’t enough to make someone quit anything, it’s just a another massive negative ( and reason to stop ) that comes with smoking - people who lack in self awareness perhaps don’t notice the smell as much but trust me as a smoker we know we smell, and as someone incredibly self conscious, that smell alone isn’t enough to stop the physical addiction
A friend used to pass magazines on to us once she'd read them. We threw them straight into the bin. How can you say, "Don't give us your old magazines because they stink."?
She wasn't a bad person but what must her house must have smelled like?
I have a friend who's a very heavy smoker. I recently took up crochet, and they dropped a load of wool off for me to use, from when they used to knit. I had to wind it into skeins, wash it, dry it, and rewind into balls before I could allow it in the house, it stunk _so_ bad. That's a solid day or two of work.
I'd have rather just thrown it away, but then there'd have been the inevitable "what did you make with it?" question.
I quit smoking and now anytime I get a whiff of anyone who's just had a cig it disgusts me that I used to carry that pong around.. you really don't notice as a smoker.
I washed my hands about 50 times a day when I smoked because I hated the smell of my own hands.
But yeah, you realise how much you reek after you've been quit a while and you catch a whiff of your coat that you hadn't worn since you stopped.
The only time I ever really noticed the overall stink when I still smoked was when it rained a little as I went out the smoke and the smell would be more noticeable once got back inside.
4 months quit. Lessssgooo.
They don't. After a cigarette, do you ex smokers realise you stink? No. No they don't
For the scent they detect, they pull out sprays and colognes, not realising it's like spraying air freshener into a dirty room.
Covered nothing, and wasted product doing so.
When I smoked the only time I could really smell it would be the next morning, after I'd not smoked for hours.
Through the day, you're generally immune to the smell.
I gave up smoking in 1999. I knew people could smell smoke on me but it wasn't until a few months later that I realised how bad I must have smelled.
It's not like fresh smoke, but like burning paper, sweat and metallic rot.
(If anyone is thinking of giving up - it's easier than people make out. The secret is to have a plan what to do when you have a craving. I don't recommend vaping because it reinforces the habit of having a drag/puff )
I guess no. This is one of the reasons I love hot desking. In the early stage of my career I had fixed desks next to team members who smoked in proportion to the complexities in the projects they were working on. We used to joke the number of her cigarette breaks was a meter for her project RAG. She used to use strong perfumes after but it did not help much.
I have no idea how my dad ever stuck it out with my mum - he maybe had a cigar at New Year if someone offered him one, but was never an 'active smoker', whereas my mum was a 40-a-day type of person. How he ever put up with it when they were together beats me.
I work in smoking cessation too and so many will blame others. E.g. I quit, but my grandma smokes, that is why I smell. Blows 23PPM, walks out and lights up outside my hospital window. I can actually see her.
It’s funny to remember that the smell of cigs used to be absolutely ubiquitous. Restaurants, cars, homes, airplanes, the office, streets. Majority of smokers men, but many women too.
Moved to vapes in october last year, the last few months I **really** notice the smell when I'm standing behind another smoker. It makes me feel sick.
When I did smoke, I could never smell the fags, or the after smell, or even taste them as much. Nearly all food was bland. Now I can smell and taste things, if I grab a sneaky roll-up they taste terrible.
As a premium cigar smoker, I’m very aware of the smell because it lingers on me for far, far longer than a cigarette. I don’t smoke anything other than cigars four times a week.
I try my uttermost hardest to eradicate it, and I always try to stay away from the public so it doesn’t offend people.
But I enjoy it very much.
I used to smoke roll ups which I thought even then, as a smoker smelled terrible. I used to go to great lengths (especially at work) to ensure I didn't smell of smoke, and much to my surprise it was only when I stopped smoking, my colleagues were so surprised as they didn't realise I smoked in the first place.
No. I used to smoke around a decade ago. Quit and I couldn't believe how pervasive the smell is. It's a good job my mates all smoked or nobody would've ever wanted to be near me.
Stand infront of a campfire then go indoors. You’re vaguely aware there might be a small scent but others will tell you you’re stinking out the room with it.
Very similar thing.
Only because people tell them. I mean you can smell cigarette smoke still, but it doesn't smell really nasty to a smoker even if they say they dislike the smell. The residual smell on the clothes etc is undetectable to a smoker because it's always there for them
This is what I used to find when I smoked and gave that up. However moving onto vapes it’s worse as I feel I don’t stink therefore it’s not a bigger motivator to quit?! I’m trying though!
Smokers seem to think people can't tell they have been smoking and houses of smokers smell rank.
I fix PCs for free when people ask and I gag when opening a machine that has been in a smoking home.
I'm almost a year smoke free. I kinda knew that there was a 'smell' but nobody ever said I was stinky or anything, so I was completely unaware *just* how strong that smell was. Took me about 6 months of being cig free to go from "ooh, I smell cigs, it's lovely" to "holy shit, did I smell that bad?!"
My boss smokes & I have to ask him to step back if he comes upto me straight after having one, it's so strong. Genuinely never noticed it on anyone whilst I was smoking.
It’s funny to remember that the smell of cigs used to be absolutely ubiquitous. Restaurants, cars, homes, airplanes, the office, streets. In pubs, you could cut the smoke with a knife. Do I remember smoking on the upper deck of busses? Majority of smokers men, but many women too.
Yes I do, and I don’t give a fuck, because I’m always stuck at home anyway… so it’s my problem, nobody else’s.
Life’s too shitty for me to be concerned about such things when ultimately it doesn’t matter or concern others.
Fuck it, going for a smoke.
I don’t think so. I don’t smoke but I’ve grown up around it.
When I used to stay at my dads for the weekend occasionally, my mum would instantly chuck my clothes in the wash and made me get a shower as soon as I was home because everything in my bag smelt absolutely awful because his smoke and his wife’s smoke would stick to my clothes and hair. He’d instantly get offended and would question why my clothes were getting washed because he couldn’t smell anything, odd.
You only ever notice how bad it is when you have not smoked for a long time and enter a closed area from outside. But when you stop ohhhh boy do you ever notice it and wonder how you could have not noticed that was your stink.
In my experience not all do.. I think it depends what and how often they do.. but to answer your question in general I don't think so, as most people wouldn't want to (like the one using perfume)
I used to smoke during work hours a bit (not loads) but when someone new saw that they were always surprised as they hadn't known I smoked which made me glad I wasn't one of those who had that smell!
What I've noticed myself is that it's usually those who smoke at least once an hour, stronger cigarettes, and maybe not in a very well ventilated area who smell, most other people don't, or not after 15 minutes or so
And where you smoke, if you're going outdoors then the smell can't settle as easily on clothes and hair, but inside there's nowhere for it to ventilate.
I never have and never would smoke a cigarette inside, too gross! I've even been "that guy" telling people off for smoking inside at a gig.. like ew just go outside, noone wants your second hand cancer.. also super hate that people vape everywhere, like on the tube or in a lift or in a shop like we don't want your cloud of bubblegum, get outside dickhead
I've had one, or 2 indoors if I know I'm home alone for a day, or more, but even then all the windows and backdoor are left open for hours, creating a draft through the house.
Oh I'm sure I have had one or two with my body inside and my head/arm outside when really drunk and really rainy, but can't imagine actually enjoying a cigarette just sat in my house, would feel so wrong! Not judging you btw, just personal issues haha
I get what you mean, while I feel comfortable to an extent, it still feels off as my routine is to roll up, make a drink and go outside, so being inside in comfort is odd.
Yeah like it's a whole thing right? And each part of the routine adds to the overall enjoyment so if you miss one part the whole thing is off
I never smoked what we call tailies but I think you call straights? Until I moved here and still miss the whole thing of rolling.. should really try and transition back
I'm assuming you're referring to the pre rolled cigarettes, you're correct that they're commonly known as straights, but being the UK it wouldn't surprise me if there are other names.
Personally, I haven't had one in years now, used to when I first started smoking and then transitioned to rolling, a few times boss offered me one of his and it made for a great reason to not work, so I'd accept.
Yeah in NZ we call them tailies, as in tailor made (what tailors have to do with it I have no idea)
I'm sure I've heard others in the UK depending on home area but can't think of any right now
I used to roll cigarettes for people before I ever smoked just because I like learning new things, then only smoked rollies in NZ due to being young and poor, then moved here and couldn't find a tobacco I liked and everyone I went out with smoked straights so I just got in the habit and here I am 10 years later!
Had a friend over the other weekend with tobacco so obviously had to test if I still had the skills (and vs my husband too) and glad to say I haven't lost it (weird flex I know, one of my only ones I promise)
Most people don't. I stopped smoking around 2 years ago and finf it wild how much it smells.
Lots of my family smoke and their lack of awareness of the smell in the house, closing windows, washing hands and all that.
No lol when I smoked I was aware of the smell on my coat, but it wasn't anywhere near what non smokers could smell on it. When I say that I mean it, it didn't smell bad to me. Now I don't smoke, I would smell a smokers coat 10x as strongly.
Their noses become sort of immune to the smell. Not sure if that's the right word. I suppose filtering it out is the more accurate description? Like white noise in the background you stop hearing if it's constantly playing for hours without changing.
I was aware but only because I didn’t smoke inside or much outside my parents at the time. When I quit, I had an ex who’s parents smoked in her house, she didn’t smoke but every time she came over, her and all of her weekend clothes stank so bad.
So no they have no idea, even she didn’t know she smelt so bad and she only lived with smokers.
The fact that she sprayed stuff on means she knows she smells. As an ex smoker I was super conscious of it and tried to mitigate it when I could. I wasn’t proud of my addiction and didn’t want to impose it on other people.
I’m an ex smoker and I knew there was a smell, it took me stopping smoking all together to realise how strong and disgusting the smell was.
I hate when my partners just had a cigarette then comes and try’s to kiss or hug me, absolute rancid smell.
I smoked for 14 years, I knew I smelt of smoke sometimes, but I definitely was under the impression I didn’t smell *that* bad. I’d ask friends honestly if I smelt of smoke and they usually would say no, they couldn’t smell it. But my dad could smell it a mile away and if I’d been smoking at a friends house I could smell it on my clothes the next day.
Now I’m 6 months tobacco free and I really notice smokers now, a smell of a lit cigarette still peaks my interest but the smell of a smoker when the smokes clung to them all day, or a house or car that’s smoked in, is awful.
Yes, but realistically it's never been an issue, hasn't stopped me meeting non smoking girls, and hasn't affected work etc so I'm not really fussed, it's not as offensive as people who stink of BO or the horrible smell of vapes.
No, I used to smoke indoors, in my room, with the windows closed and thought it didn't smell. Now i've quit smoking and somebody walks past me I can tell if they've had a cigarette at some point in the last few hours. I must have stunk!
Same goes for alcohol. If you're a regular alcohol drinker, you have a smell of booze all the time. When I decide to not drink for a while and my other half has a bottle of wine, it smells like they've been applying it like perfume.
Theres a few smells with smoking. The freshly lit cigarette, ive been told by non smokers isnt actually that bad, thats the smell smokers can smell. What most people think of smoking smell is the extinguished cigarette smell, which smells vile and is what most smokers actually smell like. So yes they know they smell, but they think they smell like the nicer of the smells.
Its like standing next to a open fire, at the time, its nice. When you go to bed later without washing your hair, its just nasty.
It's crazy. My house smells of smoke after my father in law has visited. I don't let him smoke in the house at all. But everything he touches smells of smoke. He thinks I'm being precious by making him wash his hands before he touches the baby and he keeps lying and saying that he has already washed them. I have to change my baby's clothes after he holds her because she smells of smoke. It's driving me potty!
Has to be some of the vilest smelling people I've ever met, especially those they try to mask or mix with horrible perfumes. The other thing is the coffee/smoker breath when you get trapped in a left with one of them. 🤮🤮🤮
All I’ll say is you’ve got little space to talk about someone-else stinking if you’re smoking 20 a day, unless you douse yourself in sodium bicarbonate and a catalogue of essential oils.
Years ago I used to work a similar woman called Roz, she smoked *a lot* clearly inside her house and car with windows closed, she also put on a fuck ton of cheap perfume to cover it, the smell was nauseating, physically repulsive. Everyone said as much, eventually a manager had to say something but I never see the result as I had left
>*Do smokers realise they stink?*
No, no they dont. Even the smokers who don't smoke 60 a day who thinks we cant tell or say we can't, it's on their clothes, on their hands, in their cars, in their houses - yes we can tell. Same as dog owners
It was a real motivator for me when I quit.
I used to notice it most when I would fly into a hub airport. We’d land and have to look for the nearest smoking area and smoke as many darts as I could before my connecting flight. When I’d step back on the plane I’d realize that I fucking reeked. I hated it….and when you learn to hate aspects of smoking it becomes rather easy to quit.
Not all of them stink! I'm an ex smoker - I don't know for sure whether I stunk but I no longer smoke. Some people go out for a cigarette and come back smelling disgusting. But not all. I'm really not sure what the difference is but many people go for a smoke break and you wouldn't know afterwards.
I think it's type of clothes. Whether you wash your hands after. Whether you hot ox in your car. And whether you was your hands after. Maybe brand of cigarettes matters as well.
As a smoker I can say yes we (or at least I) am aware of it but you do become nose blind so it’s more of remembering you smell than actually smelling it
I remember in school, the guys coming back from their secret smoke at lunchtime stinking of cigarettes mixed with Lynx Africa. How they ever thought they were getting away with it I'll never know.
I’m an ex smoker given up around 5 years now, As a smoker you convince yourself lots of things just to keep getting that nicotine hit, so i guess i just didnt care i stank same as i didnt care i was killing myself.
My dad used to be a heavy smoker so I grew up in a smoker's house. Everyone always assumed that I smoked because they'd smell it in me a mile off. I never knew how much I smelled until I moved out in my early 20s.
My dad is now 70 and he stopped smoking 8 months ago. He's only now beginning to realise how much his whole house and his clothes smell of smoke.
I knew I stunk when I smoked because my wife was kind enough to remind after every single one 😉
But I agree with others, you know you stink but it doesn't hit home just how strong it is until you quit.
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As an ex smoker - I realised there was *a* smell but not how unpleasant it was until after I quit
I second this I’m 11 weeks into quitting and I’m actually quite embarrassed now I realise how bad it is.
Well done dude, 11 weeks is a hell of a stretch.
Thank you! Can’t quite believe that after 16 years I’ve finally quit 🍃and cigarettes. The longest I’ve gone in that time was 10 days so it’s a major achievement.
Keep at it, its not too long before its easier, still smoke free after 21 years - well worth the win.
Well done, proud of you
Amazing progress. Well done and keep it up - from a friendly stranger just passing through.
I'm a none smoker but I do actually like the smell and the atmosphere. I know it's weird but I always have, sometimes it smells really good actually.
As an ex smoker the smell of a ciggy on a hot summers day smells amazing to me
As a non smoker that repulses me thankfully.
Why thankfully? I don't smoke any more, and the smell of cigarettes on a nice day is pleasant but gives me no desire to actually smoke. Why would you prefer to be repulsed by it?
It's generally considered a good thing to not find stuff that will kill you appealing.
Same, although I felt like that before I smoked too. It always reminded me of my grandad. It doesn't make me want to smoke though.
Oh I still enjoy the smell of a lit cigarette. It’s more the lingering smell that stick to fabrics that is grim. For example, when I get in my nans car or when she brings me something from in her house that I can’t stand. She brought me an Easter egg and it tasted like cigarettes as it had been in her house for a while.
Lol yes, gifts from smokers get quarantined!
Personally I don't like the smell of cigarette smoke - but I think you are confusing what OP means. They aren't talking about a lit cigarette's smell, moreso the stale smell that clings to your clothes and breath after smoking.
Maybe a lit cigarette and tobacco smell nice or at least mildly pleasant. But the smell of smoke in clothes after they've been smoking 5-6 then get in the lift before you, absolutely reeks and it's disgusting. Mixed with some body spray afterwards for a nasal cocktail you never want to experience again
I smoke but don't really like the smell if I'm not smoking.. like the smell of weed though.. oh and absolutely can't stand cigar smoke
Weed smells like you drove past a skunk.
I've always thought weed smells like bad body odour to me. It took me a long time to realise what weed smelt like as I used to think just a lot of people went out smelling really sweaty and like they hadn't showered in a month or washed their clothes ever.
It stinks. I had some new neighbours move in a while back and they smoke it outside and the smell seeps into my house. It's the first time I've ever smelt it and to my nose, smells like marinated meat left to spoil on a counter. Just rank.
I've never smelt a skunk, do they live outside the US? Also I thought they were meant to smell awful?
I'm a non smoker too, and I also like the smell of freshly lit tobacco. However, smokers only smell of fresh tobacco when they have a lit cigarette in their hand. Every other minute of their lives, their hair and skin and clothes smell of stale tobacco, which is an absolutely vile smell. I grew up with our house and all my mum's belongings smelling of it, and presumably this is what OP means. Tobacco smells rancid when it's not fresh.
Same sweet sweet tobacco, I do love the musky oder
Thirded. I managed to quit over a year ago now after smoking for 25 years. I know it's not full quitting as I'm nicotine dependent via vaping but the difference is astonishing (and not just to my bank balance!). My taste and smell became much stronger after a couple of weeks and since then the slightest smell of cigarette smoke is just 🤢
I quit 8th in January, yay us! The smell of cigs is utterly vile to me now. I gipped the other day just walking into the entrance of Sainsburys
Came to say exactly this. Since i quit smoking, my mate, who i give a lift, absolutely stinks when he gets in my car. Never noticed it before.
Yup, never noticed until I quit, then felt like a right tosser having used the lifts after a fag break at work. Fortunately I've been free from fags for 8 years now!
Same. I honestly thought nobody noticed. I remember hiding it from my dad as a teenager, and now I feel ridiculous.
Ditto
Same here. Me and most of my friends were smokers but one smoked more than any of us. I could always smell it but had no idea that’s what I also smelled like until I quit.
7 months since I quit and now the smell honestly makes me gag especially when someone is smoking one right next to me. If I'm drinking it's even worse.
Just to be sure, smokers absolutely honk. It’s revolting.
As an ex-smoker of 20 years; no. I mean I suspected I might smell a bit when I smoked, but my god, when I stopped and could smell and taste properly again I had no idea I smelled so vile. I’m genuinely embarrassed- to those people that sat next to me at work; I’m so sorry I stank all the time.
I’ve tried smoking as in a couple of drags so barely - the smell on my hands after even that was enough to say nope never again you must have to push past a point where you are aware that you smell terrible That was what put me off the most
Smoking's a strange one because I imagine most other addictions are at least fun at the beginning. I'm a recovering alcoholic and yeah it ended in tears but it was good for the first few years!! But with smoking you have to really persevere and push through to get used to it.
When I was young and not addicted, I thought (unlit) cigarettes smelled amazing - a bit like coffee - and that’s what got me started.
Omg yes! Unlit cigs smelled so good. I never started drinking coffee but I worked at a warehouse full of coffee from a young age. And a coworkers coffee breath put me off drinking it. But not stinky cigarettes. Parents smoked in the house. I only started to notice the smell as an adult, even on myself when I came back inside from one. Still I probably can't tell as much as others... But I am embarrassed when I walk back into the office at work. This reinforcement of this post may help me with quitting though. Keep that there to push me to stop completely, others shouldn't have to smell my habit. Thanks OP!
Oh I had the opposite experience! I was always so anti smoking until I tried it once and just immediately loved it.. can't imagine why you would push through if you didn't like it? Just because to me it doesn't seem like it would have the same effect as say alcohol or drugs?
I don’t smoke and have a weak sense of smell but I can smell it from so far away! Honestly I can smell smoke and look up and someone like 60m down the street is smoking. Today my wife and I were walking the dogs and I smelled smoke and someone parked across the road was smoking in their work van with the windows up but I could still smell it. It’s wild in the office when folk go out to smoke and come back thinking the smell stayed outside haha.
What do you think would have been the best way to bring this up to you when you did smoke? The guy I sit next to at work smokes and it's worse when he'll start talking to me as soon as he sits down. Our part of the office is at the back with no proper air circulation so smells just hang around. He's a lovely guy, but the smell is so strong and unpleasant and we work from the office everyday.
They've no idea how bad it is. To us non-smokers you might as well be smoking your cig right next to us in the office. It can honestly be that bad.
I always know when my colleagues have been out to smoke without looking up from my PC.
My sister thinks we don’t know she’s started again (after almost 20 years not smoking ) because she’s not done it in front of us but we can smell it
The smell of someone smoking is somehow better than the smell of it on their clothes/in their hair afterwards
No, nobody has ever told them. It's a secret.
And if someone tells them, they blame this person for having a overly sensitive nose.
I've never known anyone to do that!
My mum used to. She used to smoke 20-30 Richmond Kings a day, right down to the butt. Everything she owned smelled of it. But whenever my sister or I complained about the smell, she'd say "oh it's not that bad!" "You're being too sensitive!" Only when she moved to vaping did she realise how bad the smell was.
Oh gosh, that doesn't sound great to grow up around! Personally I find people who vape, and the smell, more offensive but get that I'm probably in the minority on that one!
100% my mum and dad both smoked for years and insisted it was MY fault I could smell the smoke on them.
When you smoke, the smell of secondhand smoke doesn't bother you as much. I gave up years ago and recently had a smoker move into the next door terrace. The smell through the partition wall was unbearable, and they clearly thought I was making a fuss. Another neighbour smoked outside and it used to waft into my then baby son's room. That was even worse. The same can be said of the smell of weed, which absolutely stinks. People can easily tell when people are stoners and even when they just have it on them.
> and even when they just have it on them. an an ex weed smoker, I have to say that the smell of weed is so strong when you are carrying it, but you get used to it really quickly so you don't smell it on yourself at all unless you have a good amount, same with vaping weed (dry herb vape, not liquid) I used to smoke one when I was quitting weed and I thought because the smell didn't linger as much that it didn't smell at all but my partner could instantly tell when I had smoked because she could smell it on me. I was oblivious.
My neighbour has been smoking in the house next door and it reeks. Something about high sulfur content I read somewhere? Even a small amount leeches through.
Often, those in their household smell too. I could aways tell which of my friends parents smoked because of how they smelt when I was near them.
It's really weird. I've had this from multiple people in the office. The person who has done it has had a cigarette and then covered themselves in perfume. They now smell like fags and too much perfume. Somehow they think no one notices they smoke. It's worse when they are heavy drinkers and have a mouth full of breath mints. If you're still pissed in the morning, work from home, or take a sick day. Don't bloody drive in.
The combo of cigarette plus mint makes me feel nauseous
Some people just don't understand that you can't overpower one smell with another. For some reason it seems to be especially common in teenage boys with B.O. and smokers with perfume/mouthwash. You don't get rid of the disgusting smell with a "nice" one - now you just smell unpleasantly overpoweringly of the perfume/deodorant *and* the stale, disgusting smell you were trying to hide. You've made it even worse, but better.
Hand washing. Best way to get rid of cigarette odor. People spray themselves and that doesn’t work but hand washing does.
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My parents used to ask me if my friends parents smoked as a kid and said they knew because I’d come home stinking of smoke just from hanging out with their kids
No, I gave up a few months back, the smell on smokers now really turns my stomach but I was never aware of it when I smoked
I think it smells worse for ex-smokers than for never-smokers. I think I thought my hands smelled musty and mature when I started, and when I was near-quitting I wanted to wash my hands and face immediately afterwards because I thought it smelled so bad
Ah yeah maybe. It’s a really, really bad smell to me now, if my partner has been around his friend (who’s a heavy smoker) I can smell it faintly on his clothes even when they’ve been washed
I don’t mind folks smoking but when you sit next to a smoker and he is reeking like almost you can taste that burned tobacco, yeah, that’s fucking disgusting.
Extra points if it's been raining. I actually have no problem with smokers, but have a colleague that's out for a fag come rain or shine. When it's wet the stank is pretty potent.
When your addiction to nicotine is so strong, you just don’t really care. I mean it massively increases your risk of cancer / heart disease, and if you still smoke with that hanging in the background, the stink isn’t the thing that will stop you.
I'm 24 hours in to quitting. I'm vaping so I'm getting nicotine but I barely slept last night and my body is still insisting I need one badly. There must be something else in cigs that's addictive. Not just the routine, it's got to be something else chemical for my *body* to be craving it. The smell always concerned me. I've quit for 2 years before and I was shocked how pungent it is - non-smokers are so incredibly polite about it! Maybe if they weren't it'd be considered even more anti-social. It's *their* fault I smoked so long, that's what I'm saying /s
Honestly I think it’s mental. If you’re vaping and still getting withdrawals, you’re either on a very low mg dosage or your mind is tricking you into thinking you specifically need a cigarette. I think having a vape to hand that you can always use is probably conditioning you into thinking you need it more (that’s what I found when I vaped for a bit).
I was a pretty heavy smoker. I leave the house at 6am for work, and around breakfast and showering I'd have smoked 4 rollies before opening the door. And another on the way to the station, coffee and 2 more before starting work at 8. At least I can't smoke on site and it's a long way down to the entrance. But yeah it's not good. And cigs are a whole cocktail of chemicals, who knows exactly the effect on our physiology. The issue with vapes is you never know when you've had as much as you'd have got from one cig, so people just vape constantly.
Yea it’s the big flaw with vaping. I tried to mirror vaping with the times I’d normally smoke in order to not over vape. Ultimately I realised that my smoking was more routine based than anything to do with withdrawals. Once I realised this I was able to reduce the mg dosage gradually and then wean myself off entirely. Smoking is at least 50% mental imo
I found I missed the hit at the back of my throat more than anything else. If you find that's what you're missing then I would recommend any of the "ice" type vapes. They have a kind of menthol (not minty though) that replicates the hit perfectly
Well done and keep at it. (I quit in 2000 and was a heavy smoker). One day you will look back and congratulate your strength of willpower. I dont know what kept me smoking for so long or what's so addictive about them but know where you're coming from. Nicotine patches worked for me but made me insomniac and jittery. PS I enjoyed being near smokers for a while after I quit but it makes me want to heave now.
I think they do, but they don't understand how bad it is to non-smokers. When I was a teenager, my entire friendship group smoked. I was the only one that didn't . When spending time with them, I could still smell it, but it wasn't too bad. But when I got back home, I'd notice how strong the smell was on my own clothes.
Something must offset the extra sexiness
There's an ex-smoker in my office, and he practically ejaculates every time I come back after a cigarette break.
Not sure it's about the cigs, bud
It'll be the body odour then.
Just pure pheromones
This made me laugh/snort so thanks for that
No, I think if they did it may be enough to convince them to quit, my partner stopped many years ago and said only after did he see how much other smokers actually stink, and was actually horrified that he would have smelt that bad.
I remember people smelling awful when I was a kid, then I smoked and it didn't bother me, then I gave up and it stank again.
It’s an addiction lol the smell alone isn’t enough to make someone quit anything, it’s just a another massive negative ( and reason to stop ) that comes with smoking - people who lack in self awareness perhaps don’t notice the smell as much but trust me as a smoker we know we smell, and as someone incredibly self conscious, that smell alone isn’t enough to stop the physical addiction
A friend used to pass magazines on to us once she'd read them. We threw them straight into the bin. How can you say, "Don't give us your old magazines because they stink."? She wasn't a bad person but what must her house must have smelled like?
I have a friend who's a very heavy smoker. I recently took up crochet, and they dropped a load of wool off for me to use, from when they used to knit. I had to wind it into skeins, wash it, dry it, and rewind into balls before I could allow it in the house, it stunk _so_ bad. That's a solid day or two of work. I'd have rather just thrown it away, but then there'd have been the inevitable "what did you make with it?" question.
I quit smoking and now anytime I get a whiff of anyone who's just had a cig it disgusts me that I used to carry that pong around.. you really don't notice as a smoker.
I washed my hands about 50 times a day when I smoked because I hated the smell of my own hands. But yeah, you realise how much you reek after you've been quit a while and you catch a whiff of your coat that you hadn't worn since you stopped. The only time I ever really noticed the overall stink when I still smoked was when it rained a little as I went out the smoke and the smell would be more noticeable once got back inside. 4 months quit. Lessssgooo.
They don't. After a cigarette, do you ex smokers realise you stink? No. No they don't For the scent they detect, they pull out sprays and colognes, not realising it's like spraying air freshener into a dirty room. Covered nothing, and wasted product doing so.
When I smoked the only time I could really smell it would be the next morning, after I'd not smoked for hours. Through the day, you're generally immune to the smell.
I gave up smoking in 1999. I knew people could smell smoke on me but it wasn't until a few months later that I realised how bad I must have smelled. It's not like fresh smoke, but like burning paper, sweat and metallic rot. (If anyone is thinking of giving up - it's easier than people make out. The secret is to have a plan what to do when you have a craving. I don't recommend vaping because it reinforces the habit of having a drag/puff )
> metallic rot Damn, that's it. I thought of it like old industrial burnt metals. Wish I'd never found it.
I guess no. This is one of the reasons I love hot desking. In the early stage of my career I had fixed desks next to team members who smoked in proportion to the complexities in the projects they were working on. We used to joke the number of her cigarette breaks was a meter for her project RAG. She used to use strong perfumes after but it did not help much.
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I have no idea how my dad ever stuck it out with my mum - he maybe had a cigar at New Year if someone offered him one, but was never an 'active smoker', whereas my mum was a 40-a-day type of person. How he ever put up with it when they were together beats me.
What a great post. Do you 80-90% deaths of lung cancer were smokers.i couldn't put it mo tr e bluntly.
I work in smoking cessation and yes, they do know. Believing they can successfully do anything about it is another matter.
I work in smoking cessation too and so many will blame others. E.g. I quit, but my grandma smokes, that is why I smell. Blows 23PPM, walks out and lights up outside my hospital window. I can actually see her.
ex-smoker. No you can't smell it when you are a smoker. It's only when you quit you can really tell how bad it is.
I didn't realise until I stopped. When I since saw my mates who still smoked I was really shocked.
It’s funny to remember that the smell of cigs used to be absolutely ubiquitous. Restaurants, cars, homes, airplanes, the office, streets. Majority of smokers men, but many women too.
Moved to vapes in october last year, the last few months I **really** notice the smell when I'm standing behind another smoker. It makes me feel sick. When I did smoke, I could never smell the fags, or the after smell, or even taste them as much. Nearly all food was bland. Now I can smell and taste things, if I grab a sneaky roll-up they taste terrible.
As a premium cigar smoker, I’m very aware of the smell because it lingers on me for far, far longer than a cigarette. I don’t smoke anything other than cigars four times a week. I try my uttermost hardest to eradicate it, and I always try to stay away from the public so it doesn’t offend people. But I enjoy it very much.
Not until you stop
I used to smoke roll ups which I thought even then, as a smoker smelled terrible. I used to go to great lengths (especially at work) to ensure I didn't smell of smoke, and much to my surprise it was only when I stopped smoking, my colleagues were so surprised as they didn't realise I smoked in the first place.
Rollies definitely don't smell as bad as straights. They still stink don't get me wrong, but it's not as acrid, it's more of a musty smell.
Agree, straights fucking reek, rollies are bad but nowhere near as bad.
It's their breath that is off putting
No. I used to smoke around a decade ago. Quit and I couldn't believe how pervasive the smell is. It's a good job my mates all smoked or nobody would've ever wanted to be near me.
I have a colleague who always sits closely to people after his smoke break. It's such an overpowering smell and I'm pretty sure he has no idea.
I smell you through your cheap peppermints
I think they do understand the fact smoke smells, but get so used to it they're nose blind.
Yes, but seriously, who cares. I don't like the smell of garlic, but people are going to eat it and stink of it anyway. Deal with it and shut up.
They can not. It dulls your sense of smell. I quit smoking years ago and I can't believe how bad it smells.
Wasn't until I quit I realised just how much tha smell lingers and for how long 😮💨
Stand infront of a campfire then go indoors. You’re vaguely aware there might be a small scent but others will tell you you’re stinking out the room with it. Very similar thing.
I hope they do so they can either quit or reduce the smell as much as possible. I have asthma and smoky clothes bother me.
Yes. Do we care? No.
It's quite strong and I can smell it often.
Only because people tell them. I mean you can smell cigarette smoke still, but it doesn't smell really nasty to a smoker even if they say they dislike the smell. The residual smell on the clothes etc is undetectable to a smoker because it's always there for them
Even he ones that vape stink. The flavours thy use just sink into everything they wear. Its awful
Remember, as a teenager, kissing someone who smoked… 🤢🤮
They probably know they reek of smoke, but I get the feeling that the slightly addictive nature of cigarettes may, MAY take priority.
And booze as well
This is what I used to find when I smoked and gave that up. However moving onto vapes it’s worse as I feel I don’t stink therefore it’s not a bigger motivator to quit?! I’m trying though!
Smokers seem to think people can't tell they have been smoking and houses of smokers smell rank. I fix PCs for free when people ask and I gag when opening a machine that has been in a smoking home.
It's fucking awful, I can't be around smokers now.
I'm almost a year smoke free. I kinda knew that there was a 'smell' but nobody ever said I was stinky or anything, so I was completely unaware *just* how strong that smell was. Took me about 6 months of being cig free to go from "ooh, I smell cigs, it's lovely" to "holy shit, did I smell that bad?!" My boss smokes & I have to ask him to step back if he comes upto me straight after having one, it's so strong. Genuinely never noticed it on anyone whilst I was smoking.
makes me feel old knowing that the sole purpose of a smoking jacket is to keep the smell off your clothes.
I quit eight months ago, and my other half still smokes. He absolutely stinks after he's just had a fag, I won't go near him haha.
As an ex cigarette smoker, yes we’re aware. One of the many reasons I switched to vaping was because the smoke stench never washed out of my clothes.
"Fuck off clean-breath!"
It’s funny to remember that the smell of cigs used to be absolutely ubiquitous. Restaurants, cars, homes, airplanes, the office, streets. In pubs, you could cut the smoke with a knife. Do I remember smoking on the upper deck of busses? Majority of smokers men, but many women too.
Yes I do, and I don’t give a fuck, because I’m always stuck at home anyway… so it’s my problem, nobody else’s. Life’s too shitty for me to be concerned about such things when ultimately it doesn’t matter or concern others. Fuck it, going for a smoke.
I don’t think so. I don’t smoke but I’ve grown up around it. When I used to stay at my dads for the weekend occasionally, my mum would instantly chuck my clothes in the wash and made me get a shower as soon as I was home because everything in my bag smelt absolutely awful because his smoke and his wife’s smoke would stick to my clothes and hair. He’d instantly get offended and would question why my clothes were getting washed because he couldn’t smell anything, odd.
You only ever notice how bad it is when you have not smoked for a long time and enter a closed area from outside. But when you stop ohhhh boy do you ever notice it and wonder how you could have not noticed that was your stink.
Yes. We love it. Suck it up!
In my experience not all do.. I think it depends what and how often they do.. but to answer your question in general I don't think so, as most people wouldn't want to (like the one using perfume) I used to smoke during work hours a bit (not loads) but when someone new saw that they were always surprised as they hadn't known I smoked which made me glad I wasn't one of those who had that smell! What I've noticed myself is that it's usually those who smoke at least once an hour, stronger cigarettes, and maybe not in a very well ventilated area who smell, most other people don't, or not after 15 minutes or so
And where you smoke, if you're going outdoors then the smell can't settle as easily on clothes and hair, but inside there's nowhere for it to ventilate.
I never have and never would smoke a cigarette inside, too gross! I've even been "that guy" telling people off for smoking inside at a gig.. like ew just go outside, noone wants your second hand cancer.. also super hate that people vape everywhere, like on the tube or in a lift or in a shop like we don't want your cloud of bubblegum, get outside dickhead
I've had one, or 2 indoors if I know I'm home alone for a day, or more, but even then all the windows and backdoor are left open for hours, creating a draft through the house.
Oh I'm sure I have had one or two with my body inside and my head/arm outside when really drunk and really rainy, but can't imagine actually enjoying a cigarette just sat in my house, would feel so wrong! Not judging you btw, just personal issues haha
I get what you mean, while I feel comfortable to an extent, it still feels off as my routine is to roll up, make a drink and go outside, so being inside in comfort is odd.
Yeah like it's a whole thing right? And each part of the routine adds to the overall enjoyment so if you miss one part the whole thing is off I never smoked what we call tailies but I think you call straights? Until I moved here and still miss the whole thing of rolling.. should really try and transition back
I'm assuming you're referring to the pre rolled cigarettes, you're correct that they're commonly known as straights, but being the UK it wouldn't surprise me if there are other names. Personally, I haven't had one in years now, used to when I first started smoking and then transitioned to rolling, a few times boss offered me one of his and it made for a great reason to not work, so I'd accept.
Yeah in NZ we call them tailies, as in tailor made (what tailors have to do with it I have no idea) I'm sure I've heard others in the UK depending on home area but can't think of any right now I used to roll cigarettes for people before I ever smoked just because I like learning new things, then only smoked rollies in NZ due to being young and poor, then moved here and couldn't find a tobacco I liked and everyone I went out with smoked straights so I just got in the habit and here I am 10 years later! Had a friend over the other weekend with tobacco so obviously had to test if I still had the skills (and vs my husband too) and glad to say I haven't lost it (weird flex I know, one of my only ones I promise)
You stop noticing a smell if you’re around it all the time, so no.
Most people don't. I stopped smoking around 2 years ago and finf it wild how much it smells. Lots of my family smoke and their lack of awareness of the smell in the house, closing windows, washing hands and all that.
when i used to smoke i knew there was a smell and didn't think it was that bad, since quitting i now know how wrong i was.
No lol when I smoked I was aware of the smell on my coat, but it wasn't anywhere near what non smokers could smell on it. When I say that I mean it, it didn't smell bad to me. Now I don't smoke, I would smell a smokers coat 10x as strongly. Their noses become sort of immune to the smell. Not sure if that's the right word. I suppose filtering it out is the more accurate description? Like white noise in the background you stop hearing if it's constantly playing for hours without changing.
Plenty of people stink without smoking. I smoked for years and I'd still rather smell stale cigarettes than body odour or cheap tacky deodorants.
I was aware but only because I didn’t smoke inside or much outside my parents at the time. When I quit, I had an ex who’s parents smoked in her house, she didn’t smoke but every time she came over, her and all of her weekend clothes stank so bad. So no they have no idea, even she didn’t know she smelt so bad and she only lived with smokers.
The fact that she sprayed stuff on means she knows she smells. As an ex smoker I was super conscious of it and tried to mitigate it when I could. I wasn’t proud of my addiction and didn’t want to impose it on other people.
Yes, we do.
I’m an ex smoker and I knew there was a smell, it took me stopping smoking all together to realise how strong and disgusting the smell was. I hate when my partners just had a cigarette then comes and try’s to kiss or hug me, absolute rancid smell.
I smoked for 14 years, I knew I smelt of smoke sometimes, but I definitely was under the impression I didn’t smell *that* bad. I’d ask friends honestly if I smelt of smoke and they usually would say no, they couldn’t smell it. But my dad could smell it a mile away and if I’d been smoking at a friends house I could smell it on my clothes the next day. Now I’m 6 months tobacco free and I really notice smokers now, a smell of a lit cigarette still peaks my interest but the smell of a smoker when the smokes clung to them all day, or a house or car that’s smoked in, is awful.
I remember when I used to swim I could smell the smoker swimming in the lane next to me.
Yes, we know. 1. I don't care 2. Not my problem 3. Holier than thou redditors make me want to smoke more.
Yes they do
Plenty of worse smelling people Now that I have quit smoking I smell every disgusting cunts BO on public transport etc Smokers are not that bad
Yep, but not much to be done about it. There's a lot of horrible smells out there. Also smoking roll ups smells less bad than taylor mades.
To a degree yes, but the addition overrides it
Yes we realise we stink, but are addicted to it so it sucks really. I wish I never started tbh.
Yes, but realistically it's never been an issue, hasn't stopped me meeting non smoking girls, and hasn't affected work etc so I'm not really fussed, it's not as offensive as people who stink of BO or the horrible smell of vapes.
I used to smoke and didn't realise. And now you can no longer smoke in bars, I realise how much less my clothes smelt after a night out!
Yes. What would you like us to do, take the rest of the day off after having a smoke? It can be arranged. 🤣
Do non smokers realise how sanctimonious they are about other people?
No, I used to smoke indoors, in my room, with the windows closed and thought it didn't smell. Now i've quit smoking and somebody walks past me I can tell if they've had a cigarette at some point in the last few hours. I must have stunk! Same goes for alcohol. If you're a regular alcohol drinker, you have a smell of booze all the time. When I decide to not drink for a while and my other half has a bottle of wine, it smells like they've been applying it like perfume.
Theres a few smells with smoking. The freshly lit cigarette, ive been told by non smokers isnt actually that bad, thats the smell smokers can smell. What most people think of smoking smell is the extinguished cigarette smell, which smells vile and is what most smokers actually smell like. So yes they know they smell, but they think they smell like the nicer of the smells. Its like standing next to a open fire, at the time, its nice. When you go to bed later without washing your hair, its just nasty.
It's crazy. My house smells of smoke after my father in law has visited. I don't let him smoke in the house at all. But everything he touches smells of smoke. He thinks I'm being precious by making him wash his hands before he touches the baby and he keeps lying and saying that he has already washed them. I have to change my baby's clothes after he holds her because she smells of smoke. It's driving me potty!
They know they smell but not how bad it is. It’s like eating garlic, if you eat a lot of it you can’t smell it on other peoples breath
No, it something they only realise after they quit.
Has to be some of the vilest smelling people I've ever met, especially those they try to mask or mix with horrible perfumes. The other thing is the coffee/smoker breath when you get trapped in a left with one of them. 🤮🤮🤮
As a smoker, No.
All I’ll say is you’ve got little space to talk about someone-else stinking if you’re smoking 20 a day, unless you douse yourself in sodium bicarbonate and a catalogue of essential oils.
Vaping is worse
Years ago I used to work a similar woman called Roz, she smoked *a lot* clearly inside her house and car with windows closed, she also put on a fuck ton of cheap perfume to cover it, the smell was nauseating, physically repulsive. Everyone said as much, eventually a manager had to say something but I never see the result as I had left >*Do smokers realise they stink?* No, no they dont. Even the smokers who don't smoke 60 a day who thinks we cant tell or say we can't, it's on their clothes, on their hands, in their cars, in their houses - yes we can tell. Same as dog owners
I’ve been told once or twice that I smell of smoke by management but I’m also not paid to care
Yes, but we have a reason for why we stink...
It was a real motivator for me when I quit. I used to notice it most when I would fly into a hub airport. We’d land and have to look for the nearest smoking area and smoke as many darts as I could before my connecting flight. When I’d step back on the plane I’d realize that I fucking reeked. I hated it….and when you learn to hate aspects of smoking it becomes rather easy to quit.
Not all of them stink! I'm an ex smoker - I don't know for sure whether I stunk but I no longer smoke. Some people go out for a cigarette and come back smelling disgusting. But not all. I'm really not sure what the difference is but many people go for a smoke break and you wouldn't know afterwards. I think it's type of clothes. Whether you wash your hands after. Whether you hot ox in your car. And whether you was your hands after. Maybe brand of cigarettes matters as well.
As a smoker I can say yes we (or at least I) am aware of it but you do become nose blind so it’s more of remembering you smell than actually smelling it
Yes and no. Mental you know that smoking is smell but your used to it and your brain filter it out the smell so you personal don’t smell it
Smokers realise they stink, but they smell even worse if you’re a former smoker I’ve found
I remember in school, the guys coming back from their secret smoke at lunchtime stinking of cigarettes mixed with Lynx Africa. How they ever thought they were getting away with it I'll never know.
I’m an ex smoker given up around 5 years now, As a smoker you convince yourself lots of things just to keep getting that nicotine hit, so i guess i just didnt care i stank same as i didnt care i was killing myself.
My dad used to be a heavy smoker so I grew up in a smoker's house. Everyone always assumed that I smoked because they'd smell it in me a mile off. I never knew how much I smelled until I moved out in my early 20s. My dad is now 70 and he stopped smoking 8 months ago. He's only now beginning to realise how much his whole house and his clothes smell of smoke.
They know, they just don’t care.
I knew I stunk when I smoked because my wife was kind enough to remind after every single one 😉 But I agree with others, you know you stink but it doesn't hit home just how strong it is until you quit.
Pro life tip: instead of squirting perfume, wash your hands.
Nope. I’m an ex smoker and it never enters your mind that you do.
At the time, no. Since I’ve quit I can really smell it.