Do people who smoke cigarettes know they stink of those cigarettes?
- Thread starter Bretrick
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1st step, don't have any smokes around where you can get them! You may find if you try to quit and you have to go buy some to have one that you will be able to resist all that hassle and end up quitting...! Worth a try I would think...I am aware of how cigarettes smoke smells. I smoke a bit but I lean out my window to take a few puffs.
I did laundry the other day and had smoked in the living room and when I came back to my apt I could smell it. I can't stand the smell of it. I lit up some strong incense and it took the smell away. I don't usually smoke in my living room but had.
I have been trying to quit over and over but the best I've done is cut down. I have had long periods of not smoking -17 years! It's just very hard now to quit. Don't ask me why I started again because all I know is I get stressed out and pick one up.
One day I will quit for good hopefully and I hope it's before I die
I hardly smoke and already have a terminal illness which is not smoking related. I may put them down but really don't see that I necessarily Have to. Thanks anyhow though.
Disgustedman
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Yeah I feel that way especially also when men and women wear enough deodorant to mask the smell of three water buffalo and a hippo. It's like a little bit goes a long way but for some reason they think they've got to use half a bottle of spray or cologne or perfume.
Elsie
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Once, when a young teenager holding a little box full of freshly picked raspberries and sitting in the backseat behind my cigarette smoking stepfather driving the car, both our windows open, he flicked his cigarette out his and it flew out and was wind blown back into the car through my backseat window, It landed on my hand and shrieking, I whipped it off and up in the air flew most of my raspberries. sigh 
Before I quit smoking, one of the last people I heard complain about how bad smokers smell was my sister-in-law. A woman who liked to proudly state that she only took a bath once a week because she had dry skin. None of us really know how we smell to others.
Wombat
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I was a 40 a day smoker until I gave it up in 1983. Two weeks after quitting I had to wash all my clothes, the curtains and anything else washable in my house because of the smell of smoke from my cigarettes.
I only gave up because the cost of a a packet was approaching $1 because I actually really enjoyed smoking. So glad that I did, these days with cigarettes over $50 a pack, it is not surprising there is a thriving black market for Chop Chop tobacco.
I only gave up because the cost of a a packet was approaching $1 because I actually really enjoyed smoking. So glad that I did, these days with cigarettes over $50 a pack, it is not surprising there is a thriving black market for Chop Chop tobacco.
Elsie
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Once, when a young teenager holding a little box full of freshly picked raspberries and sitting in the backseat behind my cigarette smoking stepfather driving the car, both our windows open, he flicked his cigarette out his and it flew out and was wind blown back into the car through my backseat window, It landed on my hand and shrieking, I whipped it off and up in the air flew most of my raspberries. sigh
Just remember one doesn't usually suddenly kick the bucket from that 'last' cigarette. First comes disabling breathing difficulties/fear, for months. I'm SO sorry you have a terminal illness, and sure would not want you to suffer smoking consequences also.
Wombat
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Don't worry, life is a terminal illness anyway, none of us will get out of this alive.
Elsie
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Bothered by full ashtrays, I would empty & wash my parents' ashtrays. Occasionally, I would pull the stubs apart to see what was inside. lol
Grampa Don
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A friend who was a heavy smoker gave me an adjustable chair for my computer use at home. I tried everything I could think of to get the smell out of it and eventually just trashed it. I never told him that though.
Some of the women who did circuit board testing at work were smokers. The fellow who did the calibration and repair of test equipment said the internal parts were a mess to clean up. This was before they banned inside smoking for all employees.
Some of the women who did circuit board testing at work were smokers. The fellow who did the calibration and repair of test equipment said the internal parts were a mess to clean up. This was before they banned inside smoking for all employees.
spookycat2
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there was a fellow I worked with that had obviously never washed this look-a-like leather coat he wore every day. I've been around a lot of smoked up coats but this one REEKED!
It didn't just smell like smoke, it kind of smelled like puke too.
It didn't just smell like smoke, it kind of smelled like puke too.
Bretrick
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Welcome to seniorforums.there was a fellow I worked with that had obviously never washed this look-a-like leather coat he wore every day. I've been around a lot of smoked up coats but this one REEKED!
It didn't just smell like smoke, it kind of smelled like puke too.
I suspect some people only wash themselves once a week.
Clothes? Bed linen??
I quit smoking 25 years ago........and it wasn't soon enough to save me from COPD and oxygen 24/7! I love the smell of cigarette smoke, and given the right circumstance I could see myself smoking again.My FIL Had COPD,back when they called it emphysema,I think of him often because it was before anyone had oxygen consentrators. I guess he got sick of living a miserable life, he had a beer and a cigarette and died that same night. I'm not sure I would be so lucky!
papa tiger
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That Nicotine gets in the skin on the fingers of the hand too. Ugh.
Toxic Nicotine Poisons everything it touches. Just think how awful
that toxic kiss is.
Toxic Nicotine Poisons everything it touches. Just think how awful
that toxic kiss is.
I have COPD too. No oxygen now but was on it for 9 months after having pneumonia, RSV and a viral infection.
A neighbor at an apt building I lived at years ago made me some no bake cookies. She smoked and I'm guessing she didn't wash her hands before making them because they tasted like cigarettes. I nearly died. Had to throw them away. Didn't have the heart to say anything to her though.
Elsie
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I just remembered, my sister generously (cough) said I could have our deceased parents' old fashioned sewing machine, ("You could sell it for around $95.00!" she said) I didn't want it, but knew she sure didn't, so I just had my daughter bring it to me. Phoned someone about the worth of such a machine & was told there were many offered for sale but none were wanted. Well, okay. I took a close look at 'mine' and found spots of paint on it, splits in its wire cables and worst of all, the whole sewing machine itself was thickly coated with nicotine. Even the kitchen walls were coated with it.
PeppermintPatty
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My husband smoked cigarettes since he was a kid and I smoked joints for most of my life. I definitely KNEW my habit stuck but it took him completely quitting to discover just how stinky the habit was. Now he can’t stand the smell of cigarettes and has to get away from nearby users. I think many users used to be like this once they quit. I’m glad we both quit. I was getting continuous sinus infections. Now that I’ve quit, I’m not any more.
AI
"Nicotine poisoning refers to the toxic effects of consuming nicotine. Nicotine poisoning is the result of having too much nicotine in your body. Until recently, nicotine poisoning was rare. Most cases resulted from the use of nicotine as an insecticide, accidental ingestion of tobacco or ingestion of nicotine-containing plants.
Today, nicotine poisoning has become a growing concern because of new nicotine products on the market, particularly electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) and pure liquid nicotine. The concentration of nicotine in liquid products is higher than most other tobacco products."
Unless you're dating a teenager who spills some pure liquid nicotine all over you, you don't have much to worry about.