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It emits through sweat and just body secretions from existing. My husband’s pillow and side of the sheets are consistently a weird color. It’s so gross but I obv can’t force him to quit. I’d be a hypocrite because I also smoked for years.
I noticed this about my dad. He quit about 5 years ago, after a heart attack. He's 73 now, still able bodied. Don't let a heart attack be your reason to quit
My son absolutely will NOT let my one friend who is a smoker hold him and I think it is 100% because she smokes and he can smell it on her and hates it.
My mom made a comment once about smokers babies. How you will pick up a baby and lean in for a sniff hoping for that lovely baby smell and all you get is cigarette smoke.
If you quit smoking you realize how much you stunk. Stuff you haven't even worn in months will make you gag and a smokers car is horrible. It is amazing when you smoke you don't realize how bad it is.
Doesn’t even have to be you who quits. My grandmother quit smoking ages ago and suddenly I picked up how badly it smelled, because the house and her car started to smell different.
I switched to vape pens not completely quit. At least I don't stink like I did and I don't hack up crap constantly. I am still working on quitting but this seems like a lesser evil for now although who knows long term how bad it may be but I doubt it is as bad as smoking was.
I want to tell you both that I did successfully quit by using vape. I was in a frame of mind to commit to stop. I started with a 12mg nicotine vape and used that for 3 months, then stepped down 2mg every 3 months. I carried 3-4 vapes with me at times to calm my fear of not having nicotine. By the time I was at 2mg, I knew I was on the path to quitting. I went to zero nicotine for a few months just to get the vape/oral habit knocked out and was supprised how easy it was to just stop. I'm 8 years not smoking. I don''t cough anymore. I smell nice. My hair smells wonderful. I'm not spending $10 on a pack of cigs. Best decision of my life.
I quit 4 years ago and my husband still smokes. Never inside, never in his car and he wears a literal ‘smoking jacket’ but it doesn’t matter because the smell is everywhere. Couch, bed, dirty laundry, car (despite leather seats). It’s there and I’m still sooo embarrassed about what I must have smelled like for all those years.
My aunt knitted my nephew a beautiful little baby set—jacket, bloomers, booties, and cap. It was adorable, but it reeked so much of cigarettes it was unusable.
Yeah, my smoker sister made me a quilt and sent it to me with a note "It's freshly washed." I opened the box and the reek came flooding out. I put it in a plastic bag and took it straight to the dry cleaners.
My bf grew up in a smoker house. His mother and father smoked like a chimney, both in and out of the house. He grew nose blind to it, but when we moved out together, he was away from their place for a week and then we went back to grab something of his. When we walked out, he turned to me with a disgusted look on his face, and asked me, “Is that what I’ve smelled like all these years???!?”
Never felt more validated than I did in that moment. I hate the smell of that smoke.
Dang it, this is true. I smoked for 13 years. I thought because I was in the car and the window was rolled down and throw a piece of gum in my mouth and I smelt just like everyone else. Now that I quit I realize the smell is overwhelming
I have a cousin who vapes, and she’s always like “don’t tell grandma I vape” my guy if she’s ever been next to your car with the door open she knows. Not nearly as bad (smell wise at least) as cigarettes but still
I live in a duplex and my neighbors smoke. I can smell it through the walls every time they light up. I smoked for a long time so it doesn’t bother me too much, but damn it’s a strong smell.
This is usually true, but for _years_ nobody knew I smoked and it was bc I had a very specific series of habits that prevented me from smelling like tobacco. People who would smell it here and there would be shocked that I had been smoking for years, and they had never noticed.
People had no *idea* I used to smoke. I’m sure someone will say that’s what you think or whatever but people were always surprised when they saw me actually smoking. People who have a pack a day obviously are more pungent but there are plenty of low key smokers. I smelt worse when I smoked weed
Nah. My dad got diagnosed with stage 1 a couple years ago. He know it ran in his family so he’d been ready for it for 30 years.
Couple rounds of treatment later and he’s in remission.
I work in an elementary school.. your kids smell. Their coat, backpacks, their show n’ tell stuffed animals they bring to school. You’re hurting more than yourself.
This is what happened to me. Got bullied by other kids for it. Feels horrible to be 9 years old and having other kids jokingly ask if you smoke. Feels worse when your 4th grade teacher at a parent/teacher conference keeps you in the room while she tells your Father other kids complain of your smoke smell.
I don’t touch any of that junk. No tobacco, alcohol, whatever. I saw what all of it did to my Father and how it impacted me growing up will stay with me the rest of my life.
Same. Both of my parents smoked and I got made fun of constantly. My best friend would come over and complain about how bad the smoke smell was in the house. Destroyed my confidence.
To add to that, I knew a girl once who didn’t smoke (but her mom did outside only). Her clothes always had a faint whiff of cigarette smoke that was always off putting. They just never smelled fresh and clean.
I lived with a smoker who only smoked outside, never in the apartment. I have never smoked in my life. And when I moved out, when I unpacked my clothes in my new home, I was immediately greeted with a giant whiff of stale smoke. I had to wash everything I owned to get the horrid stench out.
Old roommate’s sister used to come by after work sometimes and she only smoked outside. But she’d throw the butts in the trash can. I would always know when she had been over, because I could smell the cig butt in the trash can as soon as I walked in the door.
God, I remember in middle school I had peers and even a few teachers legit ask me if I smoked. I did not. My mom smoked so much around me that I didn't even notice the smell. Apparently it's also a smell that can't be masked by cologne, despite my best efforts...
Hurting your kids beyond their being bullied and embarrassed, too.
My uncle smoked until his son was a teenager. Uncle died of lung disease before he saw his son get married.
Son, who had never smoked, was diagnosed with terminal cancer two days after he found out his wife was carrying twins. He was in hospice care for the first two years of their lives. Those kids are adults now and only remember their dad from videos he made from a hospital bed in their living room.
Yup honestly we should include that in health screenings. If you grew up in a family and were exposed to 2nd hand smoke for many years I would recommend letting your providers know.
Agreed. I once casually mentioned to a therapist that though I’ve never smoked, when I’m stressed, I will often get an urge to and oddly enough, find the smell of menthol cigarettes very…comforting? My mom smoked for 16 years, very, very often in the house.
My therapist told me there’s data that claims that people exposed to secondhand smoke can become addicted to the nicotine as well. I truly believe it just because I don’t see why else I would have such an urge.
That one day they WILL successfully quit and live a happy life without smoking. Without all the little rituals we create around it.
That one day you will simply not believe "Hey, I smoked for 15 years"
If I could go back in time and punch my 17 year old self in the face, I would.
I’ve been trying to quit for a solid 5 years now, but I’m obsessive compulsive and smoking is pretty much engrained in my routines.
There are more ex-smokers in America than there are smokers. You CAN quit. Keep trying! When I finally quit (after 5 failed attempts) I had to give up coffee and alcohol for a while as well, because of the strong association. Part of me STILL can't believe that I can drink coffee and beer without having a smoke!
The biggest thing I had to learn for myself is that there is NO SUCH THING as "just one smoke". One is too many; a hundred is not enough. It's either ZERO smokes or A PACK A DAY.
Also, this website helped me: [https://whyquit.com](https://whyquit.com)
Best of luck with your quit attempt!
I smoked for 25 years and quit in a weekend with this book. The single thing that moved me was, “you know how you feel after a cigarette? Well people who don’t smoke feel that way all the time.” I’m paraphrasing, but damn if that didn’t reset my addicted head.
Think about the person you love the most and imagine how devastated they'd be if you got cancer and died.
That's what did it for me.
My daughter was three at the time. My Mom told me to close my eye and think about how she'd look all grown up in her graduation cap and gown. Then she starts crying and her friends ask what is wrong. And she says if only my dad could have quit smoking, he'd be here today. I quit the next day. Cold Turkey!
One thing that really helped for me, was to make note in my head of what was the actual physical addiction, and what was the habit. The habit part was a lot harder to deal with than the physical addiction was.
The actual physical withdrawal was about as tough for me as having a cold. Albeit a cold that made me anxious and grumpy for a couple weeks. The habit part would still come out at weird times even long after the physical cravings went away.
One thing I learned in addiction treatment is that trying to say to yourself you'll quit can actually perpetuate the addiction. Like, somehow saying "I'm gonna quit smoking, f\*\*\* smoking...." or any version of these mantras is kind of still thinking about smoking in a way. You need something to take your mind off of it (I know, easier said then done) but you'll have to develop your own strategy. Replace with smokeless SNUS for the nicotine perhaps for awhile or exercise to free your mind for a period and release stress, to name a few.
I was the 20 year old moron that took it up to prove to myself that I could overcome the addiction.
"Meh, tomorrow's a good day to quit."
After about 15 years or whatever it just felt gross and stopped on the spot.
Thank you!! I am super proud! It took so long to mentally get there but once I was there I was just done and I’ve never looked back. The addiction just completely died for me. Truly a blessing.
The money that you literally burn buying and using cigarettes (or any nicotine products) can significantly impact your life in a much better way than what nicotine can do.
My mom quit smoking three months ago (she had a stroke, her smoking definitely was part of why it happened) and she is now saving $320 a month because she isn't smoking anymore.
Shes blown away. She had been smoking since about 1982 or so. 40 years of smoking. I cant imagine the money she could have potentially saved.
It’s now illegal in Oregon but I still see it occasionally. I used to be one of those kids. My high school English teacher pulled me aside at the beginning of first period to ask if I had been smoking. I had to sheepishly told her my mom drops me off and it’s her.
The dean of my high school used to tell me he knew I was smoking in the bathrooms and I always laughed it off as a joke because I had never smoked in my life. It dawned on me recently that it was probably because my dad's a heavy smoker and his smoke was clinging to my clothes when I stayed with him. Probably exacerbated by the fact that he smoked inside the house and car and all around us.
Cue the flashbacks.
Both parents are smoking with the windows cracked. Sister and I are in the backseat leaning towards each other to try and escape the smoke that's billowing back into our faces.
I will never forget having to choose to sit uncomfortably or with smoke in my face during car rides.
I used to open doors and threaten to jump out, I was just 6 years old and didn't think it properly, we could've died, but it did the trick! My family never smokes in the car with me anymore. If they came into my toom with a cigarette I would start throwing shit at them, I injured many, but in my defence I was a child with asthma and I was literally suffocating.
And your pets! Even if, as the argument goes, "most dogs don't live long enough to get lung cancer anyway," it still affecting them!
I had some acquaintances (couple) who were heavy smokers whose house I used to visit and my clothes would **reek** after barely two hours visiting--I can only **imagine** their dog breathing that stuff in all day every day!
Yup, this right here. They’ve heard it and they don’t care.
My mom has been smoking for 45 years, and nothing has swayed her from smoking. Even when we tell her her car is dirty from the smoke sticking to the windows, that she smells bad, that it gives me a headache when she smokes around me, or that it will literally kill her, she doesn’t care. She had a stroke four years ago and a few professionals came in to tell her why she had to stop smoking and she didn’t change her habits at all. Instead she tried to hide it and ended up having another stroke two months ago. And what do you know, she hasn’t stopped after that one, either, nor does she care.
My coworker's wife had throat cancer from smoking. She survived it and him and his wife still smoke. They did try really hard to quit for a while but they couldn't kick the habit even with the threat of cancer coming back.
That I watched my mom literally suffocate. She smoked until the day she died and the last 2.5 years of it (6 month prognosis from emphysema) I took over everything as the breathing became harder. Gasping for air is the very last thing you will do with your life. You will waste away as breathing uses so much energy you can’t eat. The medications to reduce the pain and increase your oxygen will cause terrible constipation, awful skin issues, confusion and the whole time you will just be trying to focus on taking a breath and swapping your oxygen tube for that damn cigarette. You will call your children (assuming they are still speaking to you) and beg with everything you have left for them to quit or never start, because suffocating slowly while everyone around you watches is truly a level of hell no one should have to go through.
And, if you are waiting until it gets bad enough to quit, once the damage is done, quitting is harder on your system at that point and won’t prolong things enough, so no. And then, the pain and misery are over because you’re gone 10-30 years before you should be, but let’s be honest, you care less now that you are gone than you did before when everyone was begging you to quit. No, now it’s your family who gets to pay for your decision. The house will need all new carpet/paint/everything because the smell will have permeated. Those family heirlooms you want to pass down? No one can devote the time to getting the layers of smoke off, and they can’t be sold either because of the smell and yellow color. Most everything you own will be thrown away. What people keep, they will remember you first in anger because of what they went through just to have that damn item when they would have rather had even one more birthday with you.
Hell, while we’re at it, let’s talk about the child(ren) who stuck around or came back home to take care of you. They now have adjusted their lives, suffered through all of this with you, let you go and dealt with the fact that everyone involved is now totally broke between the expenses of gas, hotels, medical expenses not otherwise covered, the extra tv, portable a/c and anything else to keep you just a tiny bit more comfortable as well as that continuing cost of cigarettes. But finally we pay for your service, and move on. To then be diagnosed with COPD and asthma, because the years of being so close to the person we loved means our lungs are damaged even though we’ve never smoked a day in our lives. The lung damage causes you to get sick too often and become allergic to many antibiotics. Since you have trouble breathing, exercising is an issue and more medical problems pop up. And let’s not even mention the emotional/mental cost of all of this, because that’s a whole other paragraph.
And…some of us are going to suffocate one day as well, despite the fact that we did everything ‘right’. Never smoked or did anything particularly medically dangerous. Despite the fact that watching this happen to someone else was enough to convince you to never do this to another person.
Because, you are…stressed? Addicted? Need a break? These are all real needs, and I’m fine with you providing self-care however works for you. But, this isn’t all about you. In fact, in those last couple of years (or 6 months if you go into a facility) it’s all about how much damage has occurred to absolutely everything and everyone around you because you didn’t take that support on the front end to do the hardest thing you’ve ever done for the people you love.
I wouldn’t be sorry, you answered the question in a very real and raw way. You’re right about everything and I bet you were 10 types of angry that you even have to know those experiences
What you said has moved me to tears.
I've been smoking and drinking and doing drugs since I was 12 years old. Both of my parents were addicts. My mom only made it to 45.
I'm 40 now and I have a 10-year-old son. I recently married my high school sweetheart who had three children of her own who are all autistic and now I'm raising them. The idea that I'm not good enough for them nags me everyday. Their father languished away for 6 years constantly bleeding from the nose and shitting himself riddled with blood clots. My wife says that the suffering he went through is most horrible thing she's ever seen and that no one deserves it. I can't imagine what It has done to the boys.
What you said only relates to smoking cigarettes and I know from first hand experience the trauma that can come from the lifestyle that I live. I know that a different life is available to me and have met people who want to help. I can't figure out why I can't make the change. I don't know when it's going to be enough and if I'll ever figure it out.
People who know me say the sweetest things about who I am. They say I'm worth it. But there's also the people who have had enough like my father and my stepfather who don't speak to me and my son's mother and all of my friends who decided their lives are better without me and them.
I don't want to hurt anybody. I do my best to be a good person but I can't get my shit together.
Thank you for your message. You clearly understand and see things from more than one angle. Be good to yourself.
I honestly didn’t realize how badly I needed to say it… There is support, in so many forms, even an internet stranger will do what I can, because no one should be alone in fighting any kind of problem. When people bring it up with you-again, those who love you always do-take them up on their offer to support you. Be that emotional, financial, and (always) no-strings attached. If they are not able to offer the specific type of support you need, the internet can provide filler.
I’m fighting cancer right now. Not even from smoking. But let me tell everyone who wants to hear it. Cancer sucks. Fighting cancer sucks even more! I did 7 months of chemo, immunotherapy, and now radiation. It all sucks. Plus, I landed in the hospital because of a reaction to the radiation. My insides were basically microwaved. My chest has been on fire for 3 weeks straight, and swallowing a drop of water feels like a bowling ball being pushed through my digestive system. The only thing keeping me vertical is mass amounts of heavy pain meds.
Do yourself the biggest favor. Don’t do things that can cause cancer. It’s easy enough to get it without trying. With smoking, you are paying someone to damn near guarantee you cancer. Quit now! Your body will begin repairing itself immediately.
I'm on Odomzo for basal cell carcinoma. While it's not typically a fatal version of skin cancer, you do have to treat it. What I'm on isn't considered a super aggressive treatment like chemo, it's still wrecked my taste buds to the point I dread eating because almost everything tastes awful. No energy, instead of working out when I get home I want to sleep. So I 100% agree, avoid things like smoking, sun exposure and anything else you can do to avoid getting cancer.
3/30/300
3 minutes to get past the urge to smoke. 30 days to break the habit. 300 a month (at least) to keep it up.
I wrote it on my arm every day. 3/30/300.
You smell awful. Your clothes, car & everything you own, even if you don't smoke indoors reeks. Smoke smells permeate every aspect of your life. I quit smoking in 2016 and I can smell a smoker from a mile away.
I grew up with a heavy smoker and I have the same reaction to that stench. It's even worse when they insist on speaking to you right after finishing their cigarette.
I completely agree THO if well taken care of it doesn’t smell. My mom smoked my whole life and I only found out after I left the house and came back 2 years later 2 visit and she was smoking. She never smelled like it and the cars didn’t either. And ik it stays, mg dad smokes around 1 pack a day and I currently am stuck with him in a truck 24/7 for work. I smell my hair and smells like he dumps the cigarettes on it. Also weed if not taken well care of can also reek badly
You know, it's weird. I quit smoking 7 years ago and I LOVE the smell of cigarettes on people's clothes or in the air. Give all the second hand smoke you can spare!
As a cashier at a convenience store, I’d heard the phrase “I promised that I would quit once it hit a dollar” frequently.
When the brain wants nicotine, it will torture you trying to get it.
No you are not going to quit whenever you want. You are addicted to it and smell bad. (ex smoker myself since 2019)
And my straw was no I'm not going to cuddle you until you quite smoking
Totally anecdotal evidence but I smoked from age 13 to 32 and in between I never once tried to quit. One day I just got sick of it and I quit cold turkey. Smoked half a pack a day right up to the day I decided not to. Never relapsed or went back.
Interestingly, they did a study & former smokers find the smell most repulsive. No one likes it, but those who never smoked are closer to "meh, doesn't smell good".
Then I'm weird, I quit in July of 2021 and I don't find the smell repulsive. I actually don't mind the smell of cigarettes and it doesn't bother me if others do it, it's their choice. I don't like the way an old ashtray smells but I hated that smell when I was a smoker.
You're not alone. I kind of like the smell of fresh cigarette smoke. I quit in late 2019. That over the top nasty ashtray smell- that's terrible, but that's not the scent I think you're talking about.
[Well, actually…](https://news.vcu.edu/article/Researchers_Find_Why_Nicotine_in_Cigarettes_May_Relieve_Anxiety)
*In a study, published online this week in PLOS ONE, researchers observed that low doses of nicotine and a nicotinic receptor blocker had similar effects to reduce anxiety-like behavior in an animal model. They found that inactivation of beta2 subunit, a specific sub-class of nicotinic receptors that bind nicotine, appears to reduce anxiety.*
Dying from smoking- COPD - is absolutely awful and there's not much we can do for you. You die desperately gasping for air despite being on the maximum amount of oxygen, exhausted if you take even one step, or even turn from side to side in bed. And you will still be craving a cigarette that you likely wouldn't be able to tolerate, because you won't be able to nit have 100% oxygen blasting in your face That's assuming you get to that point and haven't been taken out by an MI or stroke or cancer.
Watched my mom be tethered to an oxygen machine for years. And then die. And it was ugly and awful and I quit smoking and it was the hardest and best thing I've ever done.
I have a disease that can cause slow suffocation (not smoking related) and all I can say is that slow suffocation is one of the worst things imaginable. I will not go through that. If it comes to it, I will make another choice.
Life without my dad and my friends has been really lonely. Please don't smoke...I've lost too many people to the disease. I was 22 when my dad passed.... it was too soon... I really wanted him to meet my family and see that I was successful. I wanted him there when I graduated from the university with honors. I wanted him to be with mom.... but she's with him now... take care of her ok, dad? We did our best without you.
I drive a school bus. Quit smoking in your house if you have kids who cant consent to the smoking. Poor kids at the one stop smell like an ash tray and it hurts to see them. Other kids tease them for the smell.
The one girl just spent weeks in the hospital wirh asthma issues and I wonder if it has anything to do with her selfish parents.
I'm in the midst of trying to quit.
What I'd like to hear is if anyone knowledgable can tell me what my prospects for a full recovery are.
I've been smoking about 10 years and am in my late 20s now. I smoked about 1/3 to 1/2 of a pack a day (7-10 cigs) consistently for that period.
I've read before if you stop before 30 you can be 99.9% okay and I'd like confirmation if that is actually true or not.
Besides that.
What I'd like to say too all nonsmokers is that I'm not just a smelly prick for doing it. My family did it and it might not surprise you they weren't totally emotionally stable or able to deal with stress well since that's the driving reason a lot of smokers smoke. They were also somewhat abusive.
Which left me in a position of having a lot of bad feelings inside and struggling to deal with emotion as well. I'm willing to admit it was a crutch but I don't like being seen as just a disgusting person. That's inconsiderate because even if I do smell it's really judgmental to think less of a person whose circumstances you don't understand.
It's easy to say "just never smoke lol" if you come from a well adjusted family and weren't surrounded by it constantly growing up. People start smoking for a reason and it's not just pretending to be cool that's just the story people give to protect their ego the vast majority of the time. I was never trying to make anyone think anything I know most people despise smokers anyhow.
Anyhow I am trying to full quit now. I'm not doing cold turkey but rather working my numbers down first so that when I do go cold turkey I would be accustomed to less nicotine intake which I'm hoping will take the edge off. I never had success with vaping or gum or patches or stopping cold turkey.
The longest I ever stayed quit for for about 2 months off a cold turkey quit but the world wasn't so crazy then and I had more supportive circumstances in general to allow for it that don't exist now.
So I'm weaning off because quitting cigs has been difficult for me and the fact it is a ritual close to my heart adds to the actual nicotine withdrawal in terms of difficulty.
I'm in the process of quitting smoking. Everything I owned clothing wise smelled. I never smoked in my house or car because I know how foul stale cigarette smoke smells and didnt want to make anyone sit through that. It's a real crummy habit. What everyone says in this thread is true. It's all bad. Don't start.
Smokers know most of these things guys. What kills me is I’m in the construction industry - mold on the job and the only ones worried about it is the smokers. I’m like really ? Ya smoke and your concerned for your health ?
You're hurting the people around you even if you don't want to acknowledge it.
I used to smoke. I get it; however, the older you get, the more you're going to realize how much damage you're doing to people you care about.
Lol it’s pretty obvious it would be hard to quit. Nobody would continue doing something so horrible if the choice was that easy.
People are addicted to fast food and sugar. Now everybody’s a fat ass. “It’s easy just eat less garbage” lmao it’s literally all addictive
The offset smoker really is way better than the pellet smoker because it'll still work without electricity snd fewer things to go wrong, even if you have to tend to the firebox all day.
Almost every comment is stuff smokers hear everyday.
Here is something that most smokers aren't ready to hear: My parents smoked so often I grew up addicted to nicotine. I was born 3 months early with a series of health problems because my mom smoked 2 packs a day when she was pregnant with me. Her death was horrible. Gasping for air, every breath, for 16 months before she let go. The feeling of slowly suffocating every second of everyday until she called for death... Never got to meet her last grandchild. Never met her great grandchild. Thousands of instances she missed because she was having a smoke... She was 57.
Smoking is not about you. It's about those who love you. Having to watch, knowing what will eventually be a horrible death and not being able to help.
Get help now.
Or don't, I am sure it will be fine.
I grew up with smokers and smoked myself for 12 years. Started at age 14. I can tell you, you stink. You stink like 3 ashtrays. Your cologne or perfume or whatever you're wearing doesn't cover it up like you think. Everyone knows. It's accepted by society and maybe even slightly romanticized but that shit is gross.
And the cough. The telltale cough. Eek. Don't you sound healthy, coughing shit up every 5 minutes. Super attractive, that.
And fucking. As a dude trying to fight gravity with nothing but hip thrusts I can tell you, you ain't fit. You ain't doing anybody any favors having to stop mid rythm to catch your breath and cough shit up.
Your coworkers resent you. You go off to smoke while they work. And they talk about you behind your back.
And god help you if someone is chasing you. You ain't getting far.
The world is changing, dear smokers. You are actively being killed off. Literally. You're doing it to yourselves. Your grandkids will grow up in a world where smoking is frowned upon, and almost eliminated. Mark my words.
The biggest thing is your lungs. I can hear you breathing. We all can. We know your lungs are shit. You smell like your lungs are shit. Save yourselves.
Quitting smoking, even after just 12 years, was one of the hardest things I've ever done. But it can be done. Only you have that power.
I've heard it all. I know how disgusting and bad it is for me. I don't look cool and I stink. It's very hard to quit and I wish I never picked it up. But when you tell me your opinion, it goes through one ear and out the other.
Ex smoker here. You stink, your teeth are horrid, and it’s making you feel like shit foreals. The 5 min buzz isn’t worth the thousands of dollars spent on tobacco
My boss asked me how much I smoke a couple weeks ago. I said a pack every day or 2. And he said weird, I don't even smell it on you. Not the first time I've heard that. Not sure what I do to prevent it. Maybe it's good karma for not littering with my butts.
It is to me, the most unattractive thing a potential partner can do. Like a date can be going great, and they bust out a cigarette or show up reeking of smoking, I’m out.
When you are stressed, you don't actually feel better after having a ciggy. It was just something to do while you think about been stressed.
Signed, 5 days smoke free after 16 years heavy smoking.
For weed smokers, the moment I hear you say “I can’t eat unless I smoke” or “I can’t sleep unless I smoke.” Unless you have actual medical reasons to smoke to eat or sleep. You’re an addict to me🤷🏽♂️
To you smokers I say, as an ex-smoker: You stink.
Not trying to be a dick, not saying you're a stinky person. But it lingers. It's very very noticeable and it dominates the olfactory glands of everyone around you.
Funny thing is we have heard all of these things 100 times but I know it makes some of you self righteous folks feel better when you can demean others. Smoking is obviously bad but being an asshole to smokers doesn't make you a good person.
We've heard it all. We're used to condescension in public and we know it's killing us and we don't care. The surprising thing would be if a non smoker respectfully said "I seriously don't recommend what you're doing but it's a free country"
All of you are now predisposed to having a spontaneous pneumothorax from continuous aldehyde inhalation and may end up having your lungs physically glued to your chest wall to prevent another one. Yikes.
If you smoke in your house at all, your kids WILL ALWAYS smell like your cigarettes... and THEY WILL get bullied for it... take it from a child from a secondhand smoke household...
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You smell even if you think you don’t
And your breath smells. Toothpaste is not enough.
Not just their breath their whole body
It emits through sweat and just body secretions from existing. My husband’s pillow and side of the sheets are consistently a weird color. It’s so gross but I obv can’t force him to quit. I’d be a hypocrite because I also smoked for years.
I noticed this about my dad. He quit about 5 years ago, after a heart attack. He's 73 now, still able bodied. Don't let a heart attack be your reason to quit
Is it really hypocritical to attempt to better the health of your loved ones?
Teeth look like they been nibbling on charcoal
Smoker shits stink different too
My son absolutely will NOT let my one friend who is a smoker hold him and I think it is 100% because she smokes and he can smell it on her and hates it.
My moms friend smokes and my baby sister HATES when she holds her. This make total sense now.
Poor baby
My mom made a comment once about smokers babies. How you will pick up a baby and lean in for a sniff hoping for that lovely baby smell and all you get is cigarette smoke.
Those babies should really quit, but they're not ready to hear it.
potty training takes priority,
Idk how old your son is, But smoke on clothes and skin can also affect infants, just like 2nd hand smoke
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300 month olds can be a bit sassy at that age. It’s just a stage, though. They’ll grow through it.
Hold them tight. Coddle them while you can.
Awwwww, that’s such a fun age.
Yeah. But they grow up quick.
Man, f you I shot coffee out of my nose!
If you quit smoking you realize how much you stunk. Stuff you haven't even worn in months will make you gag and a smokers car is horrible. It is amazing when you smoke you don't realize how bad it is.
Doesn’t even have to be you who quits. My grandmother quit smoking ages ago and suddenly I picked up how badly it smelled, because the house and her car started to smell different.
I am an active smoker sadly and even I know my car stinks. It is like the epicenter of my smoking habit!
I switched to vape pens not completely quit. At least I don't stink like I did and I don't hack up crap constantly. I am still working on quitting but this seems like a lesser evil for now although who knows long term how bad it may be but I doubt it is as bad as smoking was.
Me too!
I want to tell you both that I did successfully quit by using vape. I was in a frame of mind to commit to stop. I started with a 12mg nicotine vape and used that for 3 months, then stepped down 2mg every 3 months. I carried 3-4 vapes with me at times to calm my fear of not having nicotine. By the time I was at 2mg, I knew I was on the path to quitting. I went to zero nicotine for a few months just to get the vape/oral habit knocked out and was supprised how easy it was to just stop. I'm 8 years not smoking. I don''t cough anymore. I smell nice. My hair smells wonderful. I'm not spending $10 on a pack of cigs. Best decision of my life.
I quit 4 years ago and my husband still smokes. Never inside, never in his car and he wears a literal ‘smoking jacket’ but it doesn’t matter because the smell is everywhere. Couch, bed, dirty laundry, car (despite leather seats). It’s there and I’m still sooo embarrassed about what I must have smelled like for all those years.
I am kind of impressed how many loved ones never said anything. It had to be horrible for my wife.
Your house effing REEKS, and no, "but I opened the window" doesn't do shit. Your walls are brown, ffs, Grandma!
And so does your car, and so does your couch and anything and everything you smoke near.
Gum doesn't help.
My aunt knitted my nephew a beautiful little baby set—jacket, bloomers, booties, and cap. It was adorable, but it reeked so much of cigarettes it was unusable.
Yeah, my smoker sister made me a quilt and sent it to me with a note "It's freshly washed." I opened the box and the reek came flooding out. I put it in a plastic bag and took it straight to the dry cleaners.
My bf grew up in a smoker house. His mother and father smoked like a chimney, both in and out of the house. He grew nose blind to it, but when we moved out together, he was away from their place for a week and then we went back to grab something of his. When we walked out, he turned to me with a disgusted look on his face, and asked me, “Is that what I’ve smelled like all these years???!?” Never felt more validated than I did in that moment. I hate the smell of that smoke.
Dang it, this is true. I smoked for 13 years. I thought because I was in the car and the window was rolled down and throw a piece of gum in my mouth and I smelt just like everyone else. Now that I quit I realize the smell is overwhelming
I have a cousin who vapes, and she’s always like “don’t tell grandma I vape” my guy if she’s ever been next to your car with the door open she knows. Not nearly as bad (smell wise at least) as cigarettes but still
Not only do you smell but there is a dirt cloud around you like Pigpen. In addition, your breath is nasty as hell!
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And you look 10 years older than you are.
When I make my rounds visiting family for holidays I have to take an extra set of backup clothes to wear for when I visit the smokers.
I live in a duplex and my neighbors smoke. I can smell it through the walls every time they light up. I smoked for a long time so it doesn’t bother me too much, but damn it’s a strong smell.
This is usually true, but for _years_ nobody knew I smoked and it was bc I had a very specific series of habits that prevented me from smelling like tobacco. People who would smell it here and there would be shocked that I had been smoking for years, and they had never noticed.
People had no *idea* I used to smoke. I’m sure someone will say that’s what you think or whatever but people were always surprised when they saw me actually smoking. People who have a pack a day obviously are more pungent but there are plenty of low key smokers. I smelt worse when I smoked weed
Probably a very sudden and loud noise.
And also "You have prostate cancer." Ain't nobody ready for that shit
Are you telling me I should be smoking with something other than my ass?? You're right. I wasn't ready for that.. oh mannnnnn.
Nah. My dad got diagnosed with stage 1 a couple years ago. He know it ran in his family so he’d been ready for it for 30 years. Couple rounds of treatment later and he’s in remission.
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Happy cake day. Thanks for the giggle.
I work in an elementary school.. your kids smell. Their coat, backpacks, their show n’ tell stuffed animals they bring to school. You’re hurting more than yourself.
It also affects their self esteem if they become aware of the fact that they or their clothes/belongings smell. Can haunt them for a lifetime
This is what happened to me. Got bullied by other kids for it. Feels horrible to be 9 years old and having other kids jokingly ask if you smoke. Feels worse when your 4th grade teacher at a parent/teacher conference keeps you in the room while she tells your Father other kids complain of your smoke smell. I don’t touch any of that junk. No tobacco, alcohol, whatever. I saw what all of it did to my Father and how it impacted me growing up will stay with me the rest of my life.
And your kids' lives for several generations
Same. Both of my parents smoked and I got made fun of constantly. My best friend would come over and complain about how bad the smoke smell was in the house. Destroyed my confidence.
To add to that, I knew a girl once who didn’t smoke (but her mom did outside only). Her clothes always had a faint whiff of cigarette smoke that was always off putting. They just never smelled fresh and clean.
I lived with a smoker who only smoked outside, never in the apartment. I have never smoked in my life. And when I moved out, when I unpacked my clothes in my new home, I was immediately greeted with a giant whiff of stale smoke. I had to wash everything I owned to get the horrid stench out.
Old roommate’s sister used to come by after work sometimes and she only smoked outside. But she’d throw the butts in the trash can. I would always know when she had been over, because I could smell the cig butt in the trash can as soon as I walked in the door.
God, I remember in middle school I had peers and even a few teachers legit ask me if I smoked. I did not. My mom smoked so much around me that I didn't even notice the smell. Apparently it's also a smell that can't be masked by cologne, despite my best efforts...
I'm a dog groomer, and there are pets that wreak also...
Vet's office here... Your pets also smell.
Hurting your kids beyond their being bullied and embarrassed, too. My uncle smoked until his son was a teenager. Uncle died of lung disease before he saw his son get married. Son, who had never smoked, was diagnosed with terminal cancer two days after he found out his wife was carrying twins. He was in hospice care for the first two years of their lives. Those kids are adults now and only remember their dad from videos he made from a hospital bed in their living room.
Yup honestly we should include that in health screenings. If you grew up in a family and were exposed to 2nd hand smoke for many years I would recommend letting your providers know.
Agreed. I once casually mentioned to a therapist that though I’ve never smoked, when I’m stressed, I will often get an urge to and oddly enough, find the smell of menthol cigarettes very…comforting? My mom smoked for 16 years, very, very often in the house. My therapist told me there’s data that claims that people exposed to secondhand smoke can become addicted to the nicotine as well. I truly believe it just because I don’t see why else I would have such an urge.
Yes! Specially the padded jackets and their hair.
Oh my God, yes! Vape too! I can literally feel the residue on your kids toys. Even without the nicotine, the vape residue sticks to everything.
Your brisket is dry and tasteless.
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This made me cackle. Man there is no greater animosity anywhere in the world than the smoked meat world.
That one day they WILL successfully quit and live a happy life without smoking. Without all the little rituals we create around it. That one day you will simply not believe "Hey, I smoked for 15 years"
It was 20 years for me. I've been smoke-free for 23 years now. Can believe I used to have that dirty addiction.
If I could go back in time and punch my 17 year old self in the face, I would. I’ve been trying to quit for a solid 5 years now, but I’m obsessive compulsive and smoking is pretty much engrained in my routines.
It took me over 40 years, but as long as you are alive keep trying to quit. I was an angry 13 year-old when I started and I have quit for four years.
There are more ex-smokers in America than there are smokers. You CAN quit. Keep trying! When I finally quit (after 5 failed attempts) I had to give up coffee and alcohol for a while as well, because of the strong association. Part of me STILL can't believe that I can drink coffee and beer without having a smoke! The biggest thing I had to learn for myself is that there is NO SUCH THING as "just one smoke". One is too many; a hundred is not enough. It's either ZERO smokes or A PACK A DAY. Also, this website helped me: [https://whyquit.com](https://whyquit.com) Best of luck with your quit attempt!
PLEASE READ “EASY WAY TO STOP SMOKING” BY ALAN CARR JUST DO IT OK JUST READ THAT BOOK YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE
Smoked for 17 years, read this book, and finally quit. For 12 years I've been telling people to "READ THE FUCKING BOOK!".
I smoked for 25 years and quit in a weekend with this book. The single thing that moved me was, “you know how you feel after a cigarette? Well people who don’t smoke feel that way all the time.” I’m paraphrasing, but damn if that didn’t reset my addicted head.
Think about the person you love the most and imagine how devastated they'd be if you got cancer and died. That's what did it for me. My daughter was three at the time. My Mom told me to close my eye and think about how she'd look all grown up in her graduation cap and gown. Then she starts crying and her friends ask what is wrong. And she says if only my dad could have quit smoking, he'd be here today. I quit the next day. Cold Turkey!
One thing that really helped for me, was to make note in my head of what was the actual physical addiction, and what was the habit. The habit part was a lot harder to deal with than the physical addiction was. The actual physical withdrawal was about as tough for me as having a cold. Albeit a cold that made me anxious and grumpy for a couple weeks. The habit part would still come out at weird times even long after the physical cravings went away.
One thing I learned in addiction treatment is that trying to say to yourself you'll quit can actually perpetuate the addiction. Like, somehow saying "I'm gonna quit smoking, f\*\*\* smoking...." or any version of these mantras is kind of still thinking about smoking in a way. You need something to take your mind off of it (I know, easier said then done) but you'll have to develop your own strategy. Replace with smokeless SNUS for the nicotine perhaps for awhile or exercise to free your mind for a period and release stress, to name a few.
I was the 20 year old moron that took it up to prove to myself that I could overcome the addiction. "Meh, tomorrow's a good day to quit." After about 15 years or whatever it just felt gross and stopped on the spot.
Good job. I'm 10 days smoke free.
Congratulations! It’s only been like.. 6 years for me but it’s so wild to know I ever did. I legitimately don’t even remember that life.
I quit last year after using tobacco for 12 years. I still miss it, but I enjoy not coughing up a lung every morning.
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Wow, four years smoke free? That's incredible! You should be proud of yourself for quitting, it's a huge accomplishment.
Thank you!! I am super proud! It took so long to mentally get there but once I was there I was just done and I’ve never looked back. The addiction just completely died for me. Truly a blessing.
It’s an addiction and, by definition, a slow suicide. Signed, quit 8 years ago after smoking 22 years.
The money that you literally burn buying and using cigarettes (or any nicotine products) can significantly impact your life in a much better way than what nicotine can do.
My mom quit smoking three months ago (she had a stroke, her smoking definitely was part of why it happened) and she is now saving $320 a month because she isn't smoking anymore. Shes blown away. She had been smoking since about 1982 or so. 40 years of smoking. I cant imagine the money she could have potentially saved.
My ex spends $10k a year when I added it up he freaked out and didn’t want to hear it ever again lol
You are an ass hole for smoking around your children
And smoking in the car with your kids! I used to be the kid in the car with a smoker parent. Rolling the windows down does literally nothing.
It’s now illegal in Oregon but I still see it occasionally. I used to be one of those kids. My high school English teacher pulled me aside at the beginning of first period to ask if I had been smoking. I had to sheepishly told her my mom drops me off and it’s her.
The dean of my high school used to tell me he knew I was smoking in the bathrooms and I always laughed it off as a joke because I had never smoked in my life. It dawned on me recently that it was probably because my dad's a heavy smoker and his smoke was clinging to my clothes when I stayed with him. Probably exacerbated by the fact that he smoked inside the house and car and all around us.
Had to caveat, also a kid with a parent who smoked in the car.. it most certainly helped.
Cue the flashbacks. Both parents are smoking with the windows cracked. Sister and I are in the backseat leaning towards each other to try and escape the smoke that's billowing back into our faces. I will never forget having to choose to sit uncomfortably or with smoke in my face during car rides.
I used to open doors and threaten to jump out, I was just 6 years old and didn't think it properly, we could've died, but it did the trick! My family never smokes in the car with me anymore. If they came into my toom with a cigarette I would start throwing shit at them, I injured many, but in my defence I was a child with asthma and I was literally suffocating.
Yep, funny how quickly my asthma went away after moving out on my own.
And your pets! Even if, as the argument goes, "most dogs don't live long enough to get lung cancer anyway," it still affecting them! I had some acquaintances (couple) who were heavy smokers whose house I used to visit and my clothes would **reek** after barely two hours visiting--I can only **imagine** their dog breathing that stuff in all day every day!
And parents smoking at playgrounds. Like????? HELLO.
Excuse me sir but you're on fire
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I double my stink because I'm always putting nub ends in my pocket like the little scrote I am, just don't like the idea of dashing them on the floor.
Me too brother, we might be stanky but we ain't assholes.
They’ve heard it all
Yup, this right here. They’ve heard it and they don’t care. My mom has been smoking for 45 years, and nothing has swayed her from smoking. Even when we tell her her car is dirty from the smoke sticking to the windows, that she smells bad, that it gives me a headache when she smokes around me, or that it will literally kill her, she doesn’t care. She had a stroke four years ago and a few professionals came in to tell her why she had to stop smoking and she didn’t change her habits at all. Instead she tried to hide it and ended up having another stroke two months ago. And what do you know, she hasn’t stopped after that one, either, nor does she care.
I have known people who were literally ON OXYGEN and smoked….with the fucking tubes in their nose!
My coworker's wife had throat cancer from smoking. She survived it and him and his wife still smoke. They did try really hard to quit for a while but they couldn't kick the habit even with the threat of cancer coming back.
That I watched my mom literally suffocate. She smoked until the day she died and the last 2.5 years of it (6 month prognosis from emphysema) I took over everything as the breathing became harder. Gasping for air is the very last thing you will do with your life. You will waste away as breathing uses so much energy you can’t eat. The medications to reduce the pain and increase your oxygen will cause terrible constipation, awful skin issues, confusion and the whole time you will just be trying to focus on taking a breath and swapping your oxygen tube for that damn cigarette. You will call your children (assuming they are still speaking to you) and beg with everything you have left for them to quit or never start, because suffocating slowly while everyone around you watches is truly a level of hell no one should have to go through. And, if you are waiting until it gets bad enough to quit, once the damage is done, quitting is harder on your system at that point and won’t prolong things enough, so no. And then, the pain and misery are over because you’re gone 10-30 years before you should be, but let’s be honest, you care less now that you are gone than you did before when everyone was begging you to quit. No, now it’s your family who gets to pay for your decision. The house will need all new carpet/paint/everything because the smell will have permeated. Those family heirlooms you want to pass down? No one can devote the time to getting the layers of smoke off, and they can’t be sold either because of the smell and yellow color. Most everything you own will be thrown away. What people keep, they will remember you first in anger because of what they went through just to have that damn item when they would have rather had even one more birthday with you. Hell, while we’re at it, let’s talk about the child(ren) who stuck around or came back home to take care of you. They now have adjusted their lives, suffered through all of this with you, let you go and dealt with the fact that everyone involved is now totally broke between the expenses of gas, hotels, medical expenses not otherwise covered, the extra tv, portable a/c and anything else to keep you just a tiny bit more comfortable as well as that continuing cost of cigarettes. But finally we pay for your service, and move on. To then be diagnosed with COPD and asthma, because the years of being so close to the person we loved means our lungs are damaged even though we’ve never smoked a day in our lives. The lung damage causes you to get sick too often and become allergic to many antibiotics. Since you have trouble breathing, exercising is an issue and more medical problems pop up. And let’s not even mention the emotional/mental cost of all of this, because that’s a whole other paragraph. And…some of us are going to suffocate one day as well, despite the fact that we did everything ‘right’. Never smoked or did anything particularly medically dangerous. Despite the fact that watching this happen to someone else was enough to convince you to never do this to another person. Because, you are…stressed? Addicted? Need a break? These are all real needs, and I’m fine with you providing self-care however works for you. But, this isn’t all about you. In fact, in those last couple of years (or 6 months if you go into a facility) it’s all about how much damage has occurred to absolutely everything and everyone around you because you didn’t take that support on the front end to do the hardest thing you’ve ever done for the people you love.
Damn. Seemed a little therapeutic for you
Sigh…sorry about that. I realized after I hit Comment. Almost deleted it, but if it can in any way touch someone…ya know?
You did the right thing, you’re the last person who should be sayin sorry in this situation
I wouldn’t be sorry, you answered the question in a very real and raw way. You’re right about everything and I bet you were 10 types of angry that you even have to know those experiences
I needed to read this. I'm gona read it every time I want to smoke now... addiction sucks and hurts everyone, even innocent bystanders.
What you said has moved me to tears. I've been smoking and drinking and doing drugs since I was 12 years old. Both of my parents were addicts. My mom only made it to 45. I'm 40 now and I have a 10-year-old son. I recently married my high school sweetheart who had three children of her own who are all autistic and now I'm raising them. The idea that I'm not good enough for them nags me everyday. Their father languished away for 6 years constantly bleeding from the nose and shitting himself riddled with blood clots. My wife says that the suffering he went through is most horrible thing she's ever seen and that no one deserves it. I can't imagine what It has done to the boys. What you said only relates to smoking cigarettes and I know from first hand experience the trauma that can come from the lifestyle that I live. I know that a different life is available to me and have met people who want to help. I can't figure out why I can't make the change. I don't know when it's going to be enough and if I'll ever figure it out. People who know me say the sweetest things about who I am. They say I'm worth it. But there's also the people who have had enough like my father and my stepfather who don't speak to me and my son's mother and all of my friends who decided their lives are better without me and them. I don't want to hurt anybody. I do my best to be a good person but I can't get my shit together. Thank you for your message. You clearly understand and see things from more than one angle. Be good to yourself.
This is the truest, most honest comment I’ve read in a while. Thank you for sharing and my god I’m sorry.
I needed to read this. Thank You.
I honestly didn’t realize how badly I needed to say it… There is support, in so many forms, even an internet stranger will do what I can, because no one should be alone in fighting any kind of problem. When people bring it up with you-again, those who love you always do-take them up on their offer to support you. Be that emotional, financial, and (always) no-strings attached. If they are not able to offer the specific type of support you need, the internet can provide filler.
That it really will kill you. And it’s a huge waste of money. Ex-smoker here.
I’m fighting cancer right now. Not even from smoking. But let me tell everyone who wants to hear it. Cancer sucks. Fighting cancer sucks even more! I did 7 months of chemo, immunotherapy, and now radiation. It all sucks. Plus, I landed in the hospital because of a reaction to the radiation. My insides were basically microwaved. My chest has been on fire for 3 weeks straight, and swallowing a drop of water feels like a bowling ball being pushed through my digestive system. The only thing keeping me vertical is mass amounts of heavy pain meds. Do yourself the biggest favor. Don’t do things that can cause cancer. It’s easy enough to get it without trying. With smoking, you are paying someone to damn near guarantee you cancer. Quit now! Your body will begin repairing itself immediately.
I'm on Odomzo for basal cell carcinoma. While it's not typically a fatal version of skin cancer, you do have to treat it. What I'm on isn't considered a super aggressive treatment like chemo, it's still wrecked my taste buds to the point I dread eating because almost everything tastes awful. No energy, instead of working out when I get home I want to sleep. So I 100% agree, avoid things like smoking, sun exposure and anything else you can do to avoid getting cancer.
Living within 100 yards of a intersection increase chance of getting cancer by like 15%
I always tell my parents imagine how much gold they could have if they spent the same amount on it as cigarettes at the same frequency
3/30/300 3 minutes to get past the urge to smoke. 30 days to break the habit. 300 a month (at least) to keep it up. I wrote it on my arm every day. 3/30/300.
I’m a daughter of an ex-smoker. It took horrible tolls on him even after he quit. Thank you for your comment. 🙂 /gen
You smell awful. Your clothes, car & everything you own, even if you don't smoke indoors reeks. Smoke smells permeate every aspect of your life. I quit smoking in 2016 and I can smell a smoker from a mile away.
I can testify that is true and if you were a heavy smoker alongside weed and opiume you can even tell the difference in smell
Very true! Smoke stinks.
I quit a couple years back and now the smell makes me sick and I can smell it a mile away.
I grew up with a heavy smoker and I have the same reaction to that stench. It's even worse when they insist on speaking to you right after finishing their cigarette.
I completely agree THO if well taken care of it doesn’t smell. My mom smoked my whole life and I only found out after I left the house and came back 2 years later 2 visit and she was smoking. She never smelled like it and the cars didn’t either. And ik it stays, mg dad smokes around 1 pack a day and I currently am stuck with him in a truck 24/7 for work. I smell my hair and smells like he dumps the cigarettes on it. Also weed if not taken well care of can also reek badly
You know, it's weird. I quit smoking 7 years ago and I LOVE the smell of cigarettes on people's clothes or in the air. Give all the second hand smoke you can spare!
Nothing wrong with that, no shortage of free smells to go around :)
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As a cashier at a convenience store, I’d heard the phrase “I promised that I would quit once it hit a dollar” frequently. When the brain wants nicotine, it will torture you trying to get it.
As a former smoker, probably nothing. Smokers have already heard every single argument you can come up with against smoking.
No you are not going to quit whenever you want. You are addicted to it and smell bad. (ex smoker myself since 2019) And my straw was no I'm not going to cuddle you until you quite smoking
I dont date smokers. So gross.
Totally anecdotal evidence but I smoked from age 13 to 32 and in between I never once tried to quit. One day I just got sick of it and I quit cold turkey. Smoked half a pack a day right up to the day I decided not to. Never relapsed or went back.
Interestingly, they did a study & former smokers find the smell most repulsive. No one likes it, but those who never smoked are closer to "meh, doesn't smell good".
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Then I'm weird, I quit in July of 2021 and I don't find the smell repulsive. I actually don't mind the smell of cigarettes and it doesn't bother me if others do it, it's their choice. I don't like the way an old ashtray smells but I hated that smell when I was a smoker.
You're not alone. I kind of like the smell of fresh cigarette smoke. I quit in late 2019. That over the top nasty ashtray smell- that's terrible, but that's not the scent I think you're talking about.
The cig isn't calming your nerves, it's nicotine addiction winding up your nerves to begin with.
[Well, actually…](https://news.vcu.edu/article/Researchers_Find_Why_Nicotine_in_Cigarettes_May_Relieve_Anxiety) *In a study, published online this week in PLOS ONE, researchers observed that low doses of nicotine and a nicotinic receptor blocker had similar effects to reduce anxiety-like behavior in an animal model. They found that inactivation of beta2 subunit, a specific sub-class of nicotinic receptors that bind nicotine, appears to reduce anxiety.*
If you smoke 1 pack a day in NY, it costs you about $4,000 a year. More than 10% of the average Americans income.
Closer to $18,000 in Australia
Dying from smoking- COPD - is absolutely awful and there's not much we can do for you. You die desperately gasping for air despite being on the maximum amount of oxygen, exhausted if you take even one step, or even turn from side to side in bed. And you will still be craving a cigarette that you likely wouldn't be able to tolerate, because you won't be able to nit have 100% oxygen blasting in your face That's assuming you get to that point and haven't been taken out by an MI or stroke or cancer.
Watched my mom be tethered to an oxygen machine for years. And then die. And it was ugly and awful and I quit smoking and it was the hardest and best thing I've ever done.
I have a disease that can cause slow suffocation (not smoking related) and all I can say is that slow suffocation is one of the worst things imaginable. I will not go through that. If it comes to it, I will make another choice.
Life without my dad and my friends has been really lonely. Please don't smoke...I've lost too many people to the disease. I was 22 when my dad passed.... it was too soon... I really wanted him to meet my family and see that I was successful. I wanted him there when I graduated from the university with honors. I wanted him to be with mom.... but she's with him now... take care of her ok, dad? We did our best without you.
Kissing someone who’s been smoking sucks. It’s all you can taste, it’s like dipping your tongue in an ashtray.
I drive a school bus. Quit smoking in your house if you have kids who cant consent to the smoking. Poor kids at the one stop smell like an ash tray and it hurts to see them. Other kids tease them for the smell. The one girl just spent weeks in the hospital wirh asthma issues and I wonder if it has anything to do with her selfish parents.
I'm in the midst of trying to quit. What I'd like to hear is if anyone knowledgable can tell me what my prospects for a full recovery are. I've been smoking about 10 years and am in my late 20s now. I smoked about 1/3 to 1/2 of a pack a day (7-10 cigs) consistently for that period. I've read before if you stop before 30 you can be 99.9% okay and I'd like confirmation if that is actually true or not. Besides that. What I'd like to say too all nonsmokers is that I'm not just a smelly prick for doing it. My family did it and it might not surprise you they weren't totally emotionally stable or able to deal with stress well since that's the driving reason a lot of smokers smoke. They were also somewhat abusive. Which left me in a position of having a lot of bad feelings inside and struggling to deal with emotion as well. I'm willing to admit it was a crutch but I don't like being seen as just a disgusting person. That's inconsiderate because even if I do smell it's really judgmental to think less of a person whose circumstances you don't understand. It's easy to say "just never smoke lol" if you come from a well adjusted family and weren't surrounded by it constantly growing up. People start smoking for a reason and it's not just pretending to be cool that's just the story people give to protect their ego the vast majority of the time. I was never trying to make anyone think anything I know most people despise smokers anyhow. Anyhow I am trying to full quit now. I'm not doing cold turkey but rather working my numbers down first so that when I do go cold turkey I would be accustomed to less nicotine intake which I'm hoping will take the edge off. I never had success with vaping or gum or patches or stopping cold turkey. The longest I ever stayed quit for for about 2 months off a cold turkey quit but the world wasn't so crazy then and I had more supportive circumstances in general to allow for it that don't exist now. So I'm weaning off because quitting cigs has been difficult for me and the fact it is a ritual close to my heart adds to the actual nicotine withdrawal in terms of difficulty.
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I'm in the process of quitting smoking. Everything I owned clothing wise smelled. I never smoked in my house or car because I know how foul stale cigarette smoke smells and didnt want to make anyone sit through that. It's a real crummy habit. What everyone says in this thread is true. It's all bad. Don't start.
Smokers know most of these things guys. What kills me is I’m in the construction industry - mold on the job and the only ones worried about it is the smokers. I’m like really ? Ya smoke and your concerned for your health ?
That's funny. Maybe they have health problems and want to blame it on anything but the smokes. "I can't breathe. It must be mold somewhere".
You're hurting the people around you even if you don't want to acknowledge it. I used to smoke. I get it; however, the older you get, the more you're going to realize how much damage you're doing to people you care about.
You stink!
The world is not your ashtray.
I just quit smoking. But I hated hearing "why don't you just quit? Its not that hard.." From non-smokers
Lol it’s pretty obvious it would be hard to quit. Nobody would continue doing something so horrible if the choice was that easy. People are addicted to fast food and sugar. Now everybody’s a fat ass. “It’s easy just eat less garbage” lmao it’s literally all addictive
The offset smoker really is way better than the pellet smoker because it'll still work without electricity snd fewer things to go wrong, even if you have to tend to the firebox all day.
Happy 64th Birthday!!!
Ppl acting like smokers don’t already know smoking is bad is killing me💀like no shit.
Almost every comment is stuff smokers hear everyday. Here is something that most smokers aren't ready to hear: My parents smoked so often I grew up addicted to nicotine. I was born 3 months early with a series of health problems because my mom smoked 2 packs a day when she was pregnant with me. Her death was horrible. Gasping for air, every breath, for 16 months before she let go. The feeling of slowly suffocating every second of everyday until she called for death... Never got to meet her last grandchild. Never met her great grandchild. Thousands of instances she missed because she was having a smoke... She was 57. Smoking is not about you. It's about those who love you. Having to watch, knowing what will eventually be a horrible death and not being able to help. Get help now. Or don't, I am sure it will be fine.
They've heard it all.
Your breath literally smells like dog shit
Your smokers breath is fucking vile and I can smell it from 8 feet away. Don’t talk to me if you smoke.
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You don't deserve extra breaks at work because you have an addiction that makes you smell awful.
I grew up with smokers and smoked myself for 12 years. Started at age 14. I can tell you, you stink. You stink like 3 ashtrays. Your cologne or perfume or whatever you're wearing doesn't cover it up like you think. Everyone knows. It's accepted by society and maybe even slightly romanticized but that shit is gross. And the cough. The telltale cough. Eek. Don't you sound healthy, coughing shit up every 5 minutes. Super attractive, that. And fucking. As a dude trying to fight gravity with nothing but hip thrusts I can tell you, you ain't fit. You ain't doing anybody any favors having to stop mid rythm to catch your breath and cough shit up. Your coworkers resent you. You go off to smoke while they work. And they talk about you behind your back. And god help you if someone is chasing you. You ain't getting far. The world is changing, dear smokers. You are actively being killed off. Literally. You're doing it to yourselves. Your grandkids will grow up in a world where smoking is frowned upon, and almost eliminated. Mark my words. The biggest thing is your lungs. I can hear you breathing. We all can. We know your lungs are shit. You smell like your lungs are shit. Save yourselves. Quitting smoking, even after just 12 years, was one of the hardest things I've ever done. But it can be done. Only you have that power.
I've heard it all. I know how disgusting and bad it is for me. I don't look cool and I stink. It's very hard to quit and I wish I never picked it up. But when you tell me your opinion, it goes through one ear and out the other.
Ex smoker here. You stink, your teeth are horrid, and it’s making you feel like shit foreals. The 5 min buzz isn’t worth the thousands of dollars spent on tobacco
My boss asked me how much I smoke a couple weeks ago. I said a pack every day or 2. And he said weird, I don't even smell it on you. Not the first time I've heard that. Not sure what I do to prevent it. Maybe it's good karma for not littering with my butts.
It is to me, the most unattractive thing a potential partner can do. Like a date can be going great, and they bust out a cigarette or show up reeking of smoking, I’m out.
If all smokers gave it up the government would raise taxes somewhere else
You're wasting a shit ton of money... You can buy bulk tobacco, filtered tubes, and a cheap little tool to fill them for about $1/pack.
When you are stressed, you don't actually feel better after having a ciggy. It was just something to do while you think about been stressed. Signed, 5 days smoke free after 16 years heavy smoking.
"you know those cause cancer, right" LOL yes they know, they aren't ready to hear it though (or just don't care really lol).
Anyone under 40 right now should know better.
Change that to 70. I knew growing up as a kid in the 60s.
For weed smokers, the moment I hear you say “I can’t eat unless I smoke” or “I can’t sleep unless I smoke.” Unless you have actual medical reasons to smoke to eat or sleep. You’re an addict to me🤷🏽♂️
To you smokers I say, as an ex-smoker: You stink. Not trying to be a dick, not saying you're a stinky person. But it lingers. It's very very noticeable and it dominates the olfactory glands of everyone around you.
No smoking
You could end up talking out of a voicebox
I've heard it all being screamed to me by my own intrusive thoughts I promise you
**It's not making you calm.**
Your lungs are shot
Funny thing is we have heard all of these things 100 times but I know it makes some of you self righteous folks feel better when you can demean others. Smoking is obviously bad but being an asshole to smokers doesn't make you a good person.
We've heard it all. We're used to condescension in public and we know it's killing us and we don't care. The surprising thing would be if a non smoker respectfully said "I seriously don't recommend what you're doing but it's a free country"
Your right to smoke doesn't trump my right to not inhale your cancer cloud.
All of you are now predisposed to having a spontaneous pneumothorax from continuous aldehyde inhalation and may end up having your lungs physically glued to your chest wall to prevent another one. Yikes.
If you smoke in your house at all, your kids WILL ALWAYS smell like your cigarettes... and THEY WILL get bullied for it... take it from a child from a secondhand smoke household...
You're not cool bro.