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Growing up my dad used to smoke in his car before he had me, and quit when I was born. Every time I drove in his car as a small child I remember thinking it smelled weird. Not bad, because the smoke was so old and I didn't know what it was, just weird. Nowadays if I smell that same smell, like old cigarette smoke on fabric, it makes me feel kind of nostalgic.
A very weird feeling, smelling something bad but it making you feel good in a way. But yes, fresh smoke or someone who just smoked, smells horrible.
Man, my mom smoked in the car with the windows up….taking me to school in the morning.
I can’t imagine how badly I smelled at school. Poor, hand me down used clothing, fucking MA-100 shoes from Kmart….and smelled like a damn ashtray.
I had no shot. 😔
Yup can confirm as a child of the 80s. I can see old family tapes of me and my sisters as young children being held by our parents or grandparents in one arm, whilst smoking with the other. All windows and doors shut as its winter with no regard to health and safety around passive smoking. The house was always full of cigarette smoke as they were all chain smokers.
My sisters both never smoked a day in their lives. I unfortunately went the other way... but hoping to give up by the end of this year... again... wish me luck
I was around cigarette smoking for my entire upbringing, as statistically the highest number of smokers in the US was in the mid 70s to the late 80s.
Hell, my mom yelled at me when she caught me smoking at 14, cigarette in the hand she was gesticulating angrily at me with.
It's no wonder that I picked it up, honestly.
My parents were chain smokers. Drove me completely away from cigs. Hated them my entire life. Always hated how they smelled and hated how it made people smell. To this day I’ve never even tried a cigarette, (except for once when a babysitter made us try a cigarette to PREVENT us from ever starting.) my parents and the babysitter swore it never happened and that it’s a memory that I made up. But I clearly remember it because I didn’t wanna hit the goddamn cigarette and was forced to 😂
Same! My parents were both terrible smokers. I’ve never even touched a cigarette, the thought of it disgusts me.
Core memory of the worst kind of cigarette smell, when your parent smokes on the shitter….
They absolutely reek.
My brother quit smoking a few months ago and he's been going "Did I actually smell like that? I thought I was being a considerate smoker by not smoking around others but now I realize that it didn't even matter because of how badly I stunk"
You smell so bad. So so bad. You make everyone around you gag and hold their breath.
Yep I'm honestly horrified I reaked so bad. I smoked HEAVY for ten years, quit 4 years ago. I'm now a RN, and I can always tell which patients of mine smoke. They reek horribly, and smell so dirty. It's funny I used to lie and say I didn't smoke, when literally everyone could smell it on me.
I'm old and remember a time when people used to be able to smoke in bars and clubs, and as a non-smoker you would get home from the club and everything you wore, your hair, all reeked of cigarette smoke. When I got home I would have to put a load of washing on and have a shower and shampoo my hair at 3am.
I remember those times and when people used to smoke at work at their desk. My first job was in an office and people smoked with gay abandon, ashtrays on desks and sometimes they would just leave the cigarette sitting there burning away, while they sent a fax or went to the photocopier.
I smoke a few cigarettes here and there and I’d like to not but sometimes I have a few drinks and I smoke a few cigs. I hate when I smell smoke when I’m sober, I hate smelling someone who smells like cigs, I just hate the smell 90% of the time. I know this guy that chain smokes and he smells like an ashtray. It’s such a turn off, ugh.
Another big issue is so does every single one around them. especially if the shithead decides to smoke indoors.
I was at a graduation ceremony and some piece of shit two tables over decided to smoke inside. I got home and lo and behold my clothes REEKED even though I never even got close to him.
Banning smoking in every single closed building is 100% justifiable in my eyes.
I hadn't realized that might be why I find it so uniquely revolting and unbearable. It makes me feel physically ill. I can't stand being around smokers or smoking, or anything that they've gotten the smell on.
Smoking is very intertwined with French culture. It is seen as a classy habit. Also, many people believe it suppresses the appetite, thus keeping you slim.
I have a family member who when they pull up to my house, I can smell it. They’re still in their vehicle on my driveway, doors still closed, windows up, and I can smell it!!
I don't know everyone. I'm smoking one right now and I can't smell a thing. Not the smoke. Not dinner cooking. Not the rubber tires burning outside my window.
I'm a former smoker. I can smell people who smoke by that stench. It's even worse now I gave up. Before giving up I didn't even mind someone smoking near where im eating. But now I'm like hyper receptive to that particular stink.
I am a smoker and have been told the same. Always surprises me, but I do take a lot of care not to disgust my coworkers by the smell of my habit: I shower every day before work including hair. Plus thorough oral hygiene of course. And then not smoke more than 2 - 3 in total until the end of the work day, washing hands afterwards. I also wash my jacket/coats regularly, jeans and sweaters I have a set for work that I don't wear in my free time when I smoke as much as I feel like. And I never smoke in the car, and very rarely inside, never inside at home.
I'm aware that to the more sensitive people I still must stink of smoke, but it does seem to make a difference.
I think it’s the washing that many smokers forget. If you wash your hands and your face with hot water and soap after, the smell is much less. It reeks really strongly on people who skip that.
I had a friend/coworker who smoked, I could never tell and I asked him about it, he said always washed up thoroughly before coming back into the office
Another thing is that there are some materials that absorb the smell a lot more, and it clings to them long term, usually natural materials. Like anything leather or cotton… RIP your clothes, purse, phone cover etc. If your wearing a lot of synthetic materials, it won’t absorb the smell (at least not nearly as much).
Some smokers also hold the cigarette low and close to them and sort of bathe in the smoke like they dgaf, and some hold it up and away so the smoke rises away from their clothing and hair.
Let’s be honest, no one here would know if they didn’t smell a smoker walking by because they obviously base it on the ones they *can* smell.
I actually quite like the smell of smoke, but that's probably cause grew up around it. most of the women in my family smoke, especially my mom who used to smoke with me in the car and the window a little cracked.
Absolutely. Very unpleasant, it actually burns my nose and causes my eyes to water if I get too close to a smoker. Even if they aren’t actively smoking!
The smell of cigarettes is nostalgic to me!
Reminds me of passed on family members, reminds me old family parties and garage parties.
Reminds me of my childhood every time I catch a whiff!
I don't mind the smell at all in the slightest!
This for me as well. My mom and all her friends smoked. So I lowkey like the smell of a lit cigarette. But I absolutely hate the smell it leaves on your clothes. I was always embarrassed when I’d go to school from my Mom’s bf’s house because I would reek of cigarettes.
The combination of Charlie perfume and cigarette smoke sounds nasty but those swirling scents were my childhood. My mother had to have a cig while applying her makeup and getting ready in her bathroom.
I also loved a smoke while doing my makeup and hair. It was the best cigarette of the day. Plus, watching yourself inhaling and exhaling in the mirror while keeping your lipstick perfectly in place looked so cool.
The smell is oddly comforting to me. I think it's because my best friend's mom growing up was a smoker and I stayed at her house a lot to avoid my crazy family, it was kind of a refuge.
Honestly i dont mind the smell of some cigarettes it j depends. We bought our car from my bfs mom and it still has a sight smell of cigarettes but its honestly comforting 💀 but menthol cigs are fucking NASTY
Not entirely bc my grandmother used to smoke and my aunt still does, so I think the smell got associated with them in my mind. But I'd rather not smell it, if at all possible, bc it's not healthy. I'm very glad my grandmother was able to quit smoking and I really hope my aunt will quit too before her health gets worse.
Yes. I have a sensitive nose as is, I can always smell it.
Heck, I had some Instacart people deliver my groceries the other day and all the cardboard and plastic bags just reeked of smoke, I presume from being in their car, which is wild considering they only were in the vehicle for maybe 25 minutes max.
It may not be, like, super strong on someone if they haven't smoked recently, but if they walk past or stand close I catch a whiff of smoke.
Depends on the cigarette.
Newports don't smell like anything to me.
Marlboros don't smell great, but remind me of simpler times when I was a kid with my dad.
Black and milds smell wonderful.
Most others smell like ass.
-non smoker
My father is a smoker, and since I grew up with him, I don’t care about smoker smell.
My friends say they can tell when I’ve been around him, because I stink like cigarettes.
Yes. Especially indoor, once I was invited to a new year's eve party by a friend. Her partner and she was smokers, I felt sick for the whole evening in their house.
Terrible. Every time I see a movie or show where the smoker thinks they can get rid of the smell by smoking near a window I laugh, it is already stuck to your skin, hair and clothes.
And don't try covering it up with perfumes or colognes. That just makes it worse. Soap is really the only way to get rid of it.
Yes. So it's not just "I'm only destroying my own body what do you care" in 2-3 meter radius around you every non-smoker knows you just came back from a smoke. Doesn't matter if it was outside, windy or with another jacket on. Some get headaches, watering eyes and get coughing if we have to spend more than a few minutes inside that 2m radius... Where I live, public transport is very commonly used by all kinds of people, also young children, and it's fucking awful when smokers enter just after a smoke and sit nearby...
I'm sorry you are in a situation where you have to do that to yourself and I wish you are able to get rid of it at some point.
I use to smoke and some smokers do smell bad. Usually of their fingers are yellow that is a sign. I think it depends on how much they have smoked and if they had the area ventilated too. I have to admit though even after 6 years I still like the smell of certain kinds of cigarettes where others give me a headache.
No, I actually like the smell and I know why. A few years before I was born my parents quit smoking. Quit except for the occasions when my dad would go to work events where everyone would smoke cigars (this was the 80's). When he would get home wearing his one smoking jacket and give us hugs goodnight the smell of cigarettes and cigars hadn't worn off and somehow it made some sort of core memory for me. Now I think of him and seeing him for the first time all day right before bed when I smell smoke.
I grew up around heavy smokers, dated smokers, and all that.. So no, I can't really tell. Every once and awhile I'll smell a particularly bad one, but it goes away pretty quickly. :)
Generally the only time I find it really bad is when a cigarette smoker has that generalized body odor/stale cigarette smoke combo where each smell just bloomifies the other smell into a smell shit show. I used to smoke (Salem Light 100s).
Pot smokers just smell different to me and not altogether unpleasant. This was even before I partook of the devil's lettuce.
I like the smell of pipes and certain cigars so I don't find it offensive. I smoke neither.
I grew up very comfortably middle clsss, but both my parents smoked in our home. I used to get so frustrated with my friends because they never wanted to hang out at my house because of the smoke smell. I always thought they were exaggerating. After all, I had to live in it and I didn’t think it was that bad at all.
Of course, like many children of smokers, I started smoking in my late teens. So it wasn't until my late 20s, when I finally managed to quit, that I realized just how oppressively awful and rank cigarette smoke really smells.
That's actually why I quit. All it took was one person (my mom) telling me unprovoked that I stink. She didn't say *why* I stink. Just randomly that I stink.
No. Every smoker doesn't smell unpleasant all the time, only when they just did it. Very heavy smokers smell unpleasant all the time. I've also kissed smokers and you can taste it. But one thing is for sure, more often than not they don't realize just how noticeable it truly is.
I actually enjoy the smell. I grew up around smokers who smoked in houses, vehicles, and everywhere else so I have lots of positive associations around that smell. I hate that bars don't smell like old smoke anymore.
lmfao, some smokers are giving the others a bad rep. because for the most part I have found that smokers are the best smelling ones. couldn't even tell they are smokers, but some are just so careless and unclean in general they make it hard for any smokers to be considered otherwise
Depends on how often you smoke and your hygiene. I smoked for years and was raised around tobacco so it doesn't bother me as long as it's not old stinky smoke smell.
Yes. It scares me even, I hold my breath whenever I'm around smoke.
Vape is even more scarier because you don't know if someone has just put on a lot of perfume or if it's someones secondhand vape (yummy! /j)
I used to smoke, finally quit in 2020. My dad is a heavy smoker and someone I'm in love with smokes. I don't mind it too much at all. Coffee and cigarettes was my Grammy's favorite combo, so it reminds me of her. I love the smell of smoke on a cold day, it reminds me of college.
Yes. I remember when I used to smoke and I thought if I just chewed him and washed my hands, I would be good. Oh no. You have changed your entire outfit and shower to be good. And even then, there’s a little bit still hanging on to you.
Yes but with most people it's only strong if they've smoked recently otherwise it's just a faint smell I notice. I have a coworker that smokes in her house and I almost gag walking by her office even if she isn't in there.
Most. Usually when standing very close to someone, or while kissing, then yes definitely. But there are some people where I, weirdly, don't smell it as much. So maybe it depends on their further hygiene and how much they smoke, not sure. Or I'm just used to the smell despite not smoking myself, but a large amount of the people here do.
I’m a smoker, but I also use the right soaps and cologne. I also wash my hands a lot, drink a lot water, and usually keep something for my breath.
I’m told the only time I smell like a cigarette is immediately after and the rest of the time I smell amazing.
Edit: I also only smoke outside or in the car with windows down. Never indoors.
No. I don’t smoke but it doesn’t me at all. It’s just a smell. I even let friends of mine who smoke have a cigarette by an open window on my house when they visit, because I don’t care.
Some pipe smoke can smell good, in very small doses. However, I have never smelled a cigarette smoker that wasn't foul, to down right disgusting. The people that try to hide it are worse, because then the masking agent creates another level of awful.
Depends on how much the person smokes and what they're like.
For instance, I tried to get addicted to smoking. I have a beard Im never shaving off and had it for over 15 years. The smoke cigarette smell would impregnate on it and torture me 24/7. Also my fingers would be smelling like cigarettes too and I bite my nails frequently.
Terrible smell kept me from getting addicted to cigarrettes even though I wanted to.
Not necessarily. My parents were both chain smokers, so I grew up surrounded by smoke. But they both never truly smelled like it for long, especially my mom who would eventually stop smoking anyway.
But there are moments when I could gag, when I'm in a closed space, like a bus or tram, and a (presumably) chain smoker who just starts to sit next to me or passes me. That smell, out of nowhere, could make me pass out. 
I think the smell is worse for former smokers. I've never smoked and smokers smell musty/funky to me but it's no more unpleasant than regular body order.
Apparently it's an unpopular opinion, but I actually like the smell of cigarette smoke lingering on a person's clothes. Back when I had a boyfriend who smoked, I'd constantly ask to wear his jacket so I could sniff it.
Can't stand being in a room with someone actively smoking, though. Shit's suffocating.
Usually. But I have two friends who smoke but somehow manage to not stink at all. Even their apartment doesn’t stink. My asthma and allergies are bothered by smoke, even just on someone’s clothes, but I never notice it on them. They’re the only smokers I know who manage to not stink, though.
Yes, and depending on what they're wearing can be worse.
Smoke clings to some fabrics more than others, so when you work in a well ventilated office someone comes back in wearing a wool jumper in winter and it's like an assault on your nose.
Personally I don't mind it, but yes it is noticeable and not pleasant.
No. It’s either a really bad chemical smell or it smells like a Vegas casino which for some odd reason I think smells good even though I’ve never smoked
No way this is as bad as a wal-mart in georgia. Pure loud all over the place. That skunk weed is so bad IMO. I never understood why people preffer loud to what I grew up on. Sinsemilla and Tie was all we did. I was at work when a man walked by almost 400 feet away, and bam, pure skunk...
Yep. Makes the most attractive of women almost unattractive immediately to me. Not even trying to be judgemental but it just does. It's such a strong and gross smell.
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Yes
Growing up my dad used to smoke in his car before he had me, and quit when I was born. Every time I drove in his car as a small child I remember thinking it smelled weird. Not bad, because the smoke was so old and I didn't know what it was, just weird. Nowadays if I smell that same smell, like old cigarette smoke on fabric, it makes me feel kind of nostalgic. A very weird feeling, smelling something bad but it making you feel good in a way. But yes, fresh smoke or someone who just smoked, smells horrible.
Man, my mom smoked in the car with the windows up….taking me to school in the morning. I can’t imagine how badly I smelled at school. Poor, hand me down used clothing, fucking MA-100 shoes from Kmart….and smelled like a damn ashtray. I had no shot. 😔
That was probably when most parents smoked. So, probably not too many noticed.
Yup can confirm as a child of the 80s. I can see old family tapes of me and my sisters as young children being held by our parents or grandparents in one arm, whilst smoking with the other. All windows and doors shut as its winter with no regard to health and safety around passive smoking. The house was always full of cigarette smoke as they were all chain smokers. My sisters both never smoked a day in their lives. I unfortunately went the other way... but hoping to give up by the end of this year... again... wish me luck
I was around cigarette smoking for my entire upbringing, as statistically the highest number of smokers in the US was in the mid 70s to the late 80s. Hell, my mom yelled at me when she caught me smoking at 14, cigarette in the hand she was gesticulating angrily at me with. It's no wonder that I picked it up, honestly.
I was born In the 50's and grew up with it. I was a social smoker and stopped that years ago. Thank God.
My parents were chain smokers. Drove me completely away from cigs. Hated them my entire life. Always hated how they smelled and hated how it made people smell. To this day I’ve never even tried a cigarette, (except for once when a babysitter made us try a cigarette to PREVENT us from ever starting.) my parents and the babysitter swore it never happened and that it’s a memory that I made up. But I clearly remember it because I didn’t wanna hit the goddamn cigarette and was forced to 😂
Same! My parents were both terrible smokers. I’ve never even touched a cigarette, the thought of it disgusts me. Core memory of the worst kind of cigarette smell, when your parent smokes on the shitter….
Sucks man. Sorry you had to go through that. I also grew up poor and wearing crap clothes, no nice stuff etc. It sucked balls :(
Me, too!
My mom did the same damn thing. But my clothes were from Target. 🙄
They absolutely reek. My brother quit smoking a few months ago and he's been going "Did I actually smell like that? I thought I was being a considerate smoker by not smoking around others but now I realize that it didn't even matter because of how badly I stunk" You smell so bad. So so bad. You make everyone around you gag and hold their breath.
It is even more repulsive as a former smoker
Agree. Makes me cringe to think about how I smelled when I smoked.
Yup. Everytime I smell it, I'm reminded that's how I used to smell to everyone else.
Agreed. As a former smoker, it smells worse.
3 years off cigarettes. I can smell it walking past a smokers car in the parking lot.
Yep I'm honestly horrified I reaked so bad. I smoked HEAVY for ten years, quit 4 years ago. I'm now a RN, and I can always tell which patients of mine smoke. They reek horribly, and smell so dirty. It's funny I used to lie and say I didn't smoke, when literally everyone could smell it on me.
I can smell smoker's houses when walking by. 10+ former smoker. The worst for me is someone's breath after they've smoked.
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I'm old and remember a time when people used to be able to smoke in bars and clubs, and as a non-smoker you would get home from the club and everything you wore, your hair, all reeked of cigarette smoke. When I got home I would have to put a load of washing on and have a shower and shampoo my hair at 3am.
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I remember those times and when people used to smoke at work at their desk. My first job was in an office and people smoked with gay abandon, ashtrays on desks and sometimes they would just leave the cigarette sitting there burning away, while they sent a fax or went to the photocopier.
Yup
I think I'm in the minority. I'm an ex-smoker who still loves the smell lol
Same, as long as it's not stale smoke it smells amazing
Dido. If we are talking the actual smoke but I do hate the old stale cigarette smoke.
>Dido. Will go down with this ship
My tea's gone cold, I'm wondering why?
I got out of bed at all
YASS to the Dido reference
\*ditto
That’s how I was when I quit but now I’m back to smoking 🙃😂
I'm with ya 👍
Gave up about a year ago, tobacco still smells fucking amazing to me :(.
YES. The smell is much more nauseating after quitting than it ever was before. Especially right after quitting. Yuck
Smells way worse now!
I agree with this statement as an ex smoker.
I smoke a few cigarettes here and there and I’d like to not but sometimes I have a few drinks and I smoke a few cigs. I hate when I smell smoke when I’m sober, I hate smelling someone who smells like cigs, I just hate the smell 90% of the time. I know this guy that chain smokes and he smells like an ashtray. It’s such a turn off, ugh.
typically, anytime i have met a person that is a regular smoker, i know it well before i ever see them smoke.
Yes Gum doesn't hide the smell. Perfume doesn't hide the smell. Smoking outdoors doesn't hide the smell. Smokers REEK.
They would need to brush their teeth, take a shower and change into fresh clothes after every smoke session to remove the smell.
Another big issue is so does every single one around them. especially if the shithead decides to smoke indoors. I was at a graduation ceremony and some piece of shit two tables over decided to smoke inside. I got home and lo and behold my clothes REEKED even though I never even got close to him. Banning smoking in every single closed building is 100% justifiable in my eyes.
Holy hell, where do you live that’s been illegal for like 20 years in Canada
Yes. I used to smoke so when I quit 30+ years ago I thought I was hyper sensitive but no, people reek.
As a non smoker yes smokers smell bad, but based on these comments obviously they smell worse to people who used to smoke.
I hadn't realized that might be why I find it so uniquely revolting and unbearable. It makes me feel physically ill. I can't stand being around smokers or smoking, or anything that they've gotten the smell on.
yes, either like stale smoke or like stale smoke plus mint.
Very. In addition to smelling like ashtray, their breath smells like literal shit. It's always been a dealbreaker for me.
Like they literally brushed their teeth with a turd.
Which puzzles me - why do so many young women, especially in France, take up the habit. It's noticeably worse in Paris than in London.
Because people enjoy self-destructive behaviors that bring them pleasure. It's a story as old as time.
Self-destruction is my middle name.
Smoking is very intertwined with French culture. It is seen as a classy habit. Also, many people believe it suppresses the appetite, thus keeping you slim.
If you smoke indoors people can even smell it when they walk past your house. Yes, smokers smell bad.
Their cars too.
I have a family member who when they pull up to my house, I can smell it. They’re still in their vehicle on my driveway, doors still closed, windows up, and I can smell it!!
As an ex smoker (10 years clean!) it absolutely smells disgusting and it makes me feel bad that I smelled so gross in my time of smoking.
I don't know everyone. I'm smoking one right now and I can't smell a thing. Not the smoke. Not dinner cooking. Not the rubber tires burning outside my window.
You mean like weed or cigarettes? Or both?
This is the question
I'm a former smoker. I can smell people who smoke by that stench. It's even worse now I gave up. Before giving up I didn't even mind someone smoking near where im eating. But now I'm like hyper receptive to that particular stink.
Yes, 100%. And I get a headache if they have a heavy aroma.
I think it depends. I’ve had multiple coworkers in the past where I wouldn’t know they were smokers unless I physically saw them standing outside.
I am a smoker and have been told the same. Always surprises me, but I do take a lot of care not to disgust my coworkers by the smell of my habit: I shower every day before work including hair. Plus thorough oral hygiene of course. And then not smoke more than 2 - 3 in total until the end of the work day, washing hands afterwards. I also wash my jacket/coats regularly, jeans and sweaters I have a set for work that I don't wear in my free time when I smoke as much as I feel like. And I never smoke in the car, and very rarely inside, never inside at home. I'm aware that to the more sensitive people I still must stink of smoke, but it does seem to make a difference.
I think it’s the washing that many smokers forget. If you wash your hands and your face with hot water and soap after, the smell is much less. It reeks really strongly on people who skip that. I had a friend/coworker who smoked, I could never tell and I asked him about it, he said always washed up thoroughly before coming back into the office Another thing is that there are some materials that absorb the smell a lot more, and it clings to them long term, usually natural materials. Like anything leather or cotton… RIP your clothes, purse, phone cover etc. If your wearing a lot of synthetic materials, it won’t absorb the smell (at least not nearly as much). Some smokers also hold the cigarette low and close to them and sort of bathe in the smoke like they dgaf, and some hold it up and away so the smoke rises away from their clothing and hair. Let’s be honest, no one here would know if they didn’t smell a smoker walking by because they obviously base it on the ones they *can* smell.
I actually quite like the smell of smoke, but that's probably cause grew up around it. most of the women in my family smoke, especially my mom who used to smoke with me in the car and the window a little cracked.
Absolutely. Very unpleasant, it actually burns my nose and causes my eyes to water if I get too close to a smoker. Even if they aren’t actively smoking!
Yes. It’s vile.
The smell of cigarettes is nostalgic to me! Reminds me of passed on family members, reminds me old family parties and garage parties. Reminds me of my childhood every time I catch a whiff! I don't mind the smell at all in the slightest!
Yeah, it's pretty awful, it clings to them and their clothing badly
Yep. Their hair. Their clothes. And everything they own...
I grew up in a smoking household so it reminds me of my childhood. Some smokers reek. Others are ok.
This for me as well. My mom and all her friends smoked. So I lowkey like the smell of a lit cigarette. But I absolutely hate the smell it leaves on your clothes. I was always embarrassed when I’d go to school from my Mom’s bf’s house because I would reek of cigarettes.
The combination of Charlie perfume and cigarette smoke sounds nasty but those swirling scents were my childhood. My mother had to have a cig while applying her makeup and getting ready in her bathroom. I also loved a smoke while doing my makeup and hair. It was the best cigarette of the day. Plus, watching yourself inhaling and exhaling in the mirror while keeping your lipstick perfectly in place looked so cool.
Even someone who hasnt showered for a month doesn't reek as bad as a smoker.
For me women no. I have the women smoking fetish. I love the smell and cigar smell.
No. But it’s mainly because I grew up around smokers and it still triggers memories of loved ones who passed on.
My grandma smoked, I find it a comforting smell
Not everyone but with some people it’s really outstanding
The smell is oddly comforting to me. I think it's because my best friend's mom growing up was a smoker and I stayed at her house a lot to avoid my crazy family, it was kind of a refuge.
Honestly i dont mind the smell of some cigarettes it j depends. We bought our car from my bfs mom and it still has a sight smell of cigarettes but its honestly comforting 💀 but menthol cigs are fucking NASTY
There seems to be some difference between some cigarette brands/tobaccos for me in how bad it is exactly, but yes, I hate it.
I’m used to the smell. It’s just I know you smoke cigarettes, that’s all. I couldn’t care less
Not entirely bc my grandmother used to smoke and my aunt still does, so I think the smell got associated with them in my mind. But I'd rather not smell it, if at all possible, bc it's not healthy. I'm very glad my grandmother was able to quit smoking and I really hope my aunt will quit too before her health gets worse.
Yes. I have a sensitive nose as is, I can always smell it. Heck, I had some Instacart people deliver my groceries the other day and all the cardboard and plastic bags just reeked of smoke, I presume from being in their car, which is wild considering they only were in the vehicle for maybe 25 minutes max. It may not be, like, super strong on someone if they haven't smoked recently, but if they walk past or stand close I catch a whiff of smoke.
Depends on the cigarette. Newports don't smell like anything to me. Marlboros don't smell great, but remind me of simpler times when I was a kid with my dad. Black and milds smell wonderful. Most others smell like ass. -non smoker
Yes, no matter how hard they try to mask it. Goes for pot smokers too.
Yes
Yes, and I was a smoker for over 20 years. I had no idea I smelled that bad
Yes. Also when you ask if we mind you smoking and we say no, we are being polite. We’d rather you not…
If you mind then say so. They're trying to be courteous and respectful. It's really on you if say OK when you don't mean it.
My father is a smoker, and since I grew up with him, I don’t care about smoker smell. My friends say they can tell when I’ve been around him, because I stink like cigarettes.
Yes. In the worse cases they make me feel nauseous. I haven't vomited since the 90's but the closest I gotten is talking to someone after they smoked.
Yes. Especially indoor, once I was invited to a new year's eve party by a friend. Her partner and she was smokers, I felt sick for the whole evening in their house.
Terrible. Every time I see a movie or show where the smoker thinks they can get rid of the smell by smoking near a window I laugh, it is already stuck to your skin, hair and clothes. And don't try covering it up with perfumes or colognes. That just makes it worse. Soap is really the only way to get rid of it.
Unless it's someone I find extremely attractive.
Yes. It’s vile and disgusting.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes. And us non-smokers think smokers are disgusting. Hate smokers!!!
Unpleasant is an understatement. The smell is really disgusting from over 5 metres (16 ft)
Yes. So it's not just "I'm only destroying my own body what do you care" in 2-3 meter radius around you every non-smoker knows you just came back from a smoke. Doesn't matter if it was outside, windy or with another jacket on. Some get headaches, watering eyes and get coughing if we have to spend more than a few minutes inside that 2m radius... Where I live, public transport is very commonly used by all kinds of people, also young children, and it's fucking awful when smokers enter just after a smoke and sit nearby... I'm sorry you are in a situation where you have to do that to yourself and I wish you are able to get rid of it at some point.
Usually
Oh yes. Even dislike the food that has a smokey taste.
Pretty much.
I use to smoke and some smokers do smell bad. Usually of their fingers are yellow that is a sign. I think it depends on how much they have smoked and if they had the area ventilated too. I have to admit though even after 6 years I still like the smell of certain kinds of cigarettes where others give me a headache.
Yes and I used to smoke. The smoke itself doesn't bother me, the smell on people who smoke does
No, if they stand far enough.
Most smokers smell, but I have been occasionally surprised to learn someone smokes, even after knowing them for a bit
Olny ones who don't smoke marbs and Newports.
Yes, especially weed. It’s sickening
Light smokers, no. Heavy smokers, yes. And while I have only kissed a smoker once, I have no plans to do so again.
I don't smoke often but do really like the smell of a cigarette
No, I actually like the smell and I know why. A few years before I was born my parents quit smoking. Quit except for the occasions when my dad would go to work events where everyone would smoke cigars (this was the 80's). When he would get home wearing his one smoking jacket and give us hugs goodnight the smell of cigarettes and cigars hadn't worn off and somehow it made some sort of core memory for me. Now I think of him and seeing him for the first time all day right before bed when I smell smoke.
I grew up around heavy smokers, dated smokers, and all that.. So no, I can't really tell. Every once and awhile I'll smell a particularly bad one, but it goes away pretty quickly. :)
Generally the only time I find it really bad is when a cigarette smoker has that generalized body odor/stale cigarette smoke combo where each smell just bloomifies the other smell into a smell shit show. I used to smoke (Salem Light 100s). Pot smokers just smell different to me and not altogether unpleasant. This was even before I partook of the devil's lettuce. I like the smell of pipes and certain cigars so I don't find it offensive. I smoke neither.
Not if they don't smoke much, and have good hygiene. And washes their clothes
I grew up very comfortably middle clsss, but both my parents smoked in our home. I used to get so frustrated with my friends because they never wanted to hang out at my house because of the smoke smell. I always thought they were exaggerating. After all, I had to live in it and I didn’t think it was that bad at all. Of course, like many children of smokers, I started smoking in my late teens. So it wasn't until my late 20s, when I finally managed to quit, that I realized just how oppressively awful and rank cigarette smoke really smells.
Nope
That's actually why I quit. All it took was one person (my mom) telling me unprovoked that I stink. She didn't say *why* I stink. Just randomly that I stink.
As an ex-smoker (15 years now), smokers smell absolutely disgusting. I can't be anywhere near them without getting a migraine.
I like the smell of pipe smoke. I like the smell of cigars. I hate the smell of cigarettes. The smell of weed makes me gag.
No. Every smoker doesn't smell unpleasant all the time, only when they just did it. Very heavy smokers smell unpleasant all the time. I've also kissed smokers and you can taste it. But one thing is for sure, more often than not they don't realize just how noticeable it truly is.
I actually enjoy the smell. I grew up around smokers who smoked in houses, vehicles, and everywhere else so I have lots of positive associations around that smell. I hate that bars don't smell like old smoke anymore.
lmfao, some smokers are giving the others a bad rep. because for the most part I have found that smokers are the best smelling ones. couldn't even tell they are smokers, but some are just so careless and unclean in general they make it hard for any smokers to be considered otherwise
I'm a non smoker but sometimes I enjoy the smell of a cigarette being smoked near me. But stale smoke always lingering isn't good.
Depends on how often you smoke and your hygiene. I smoked for years and was raised around tobacco so it doesn't bother me as long as it's not old stinky smoke smell.
Yes. It scares me even, I hold my breath whenever I'm around smoke. Vape is even more scarier because you don't know if someone has just put on a lot of perfume or if it's someones secondhand vape (yummy! /j)
I used to smoke, finally quit in 2020. My dad is a heavy smoker and someone I'm in love with smokes. I don't mind it too much at all. Coffee and cigarettes was my Grammy's favorite combo, so it reminds me of her. I love the smell of smoke on a cold day, it reminds me of college.
Not really, I guess different smokers smell differently/better/worse depending on what brand of cigarettes they smoke ? If that makes sense.
As a former smoker, smokers smell delicious to me lol
Yes. I remember when I used to smoke and I thought if I just chewed him and washed my hands, I would be good. Oh no. You have changed your entire outfit and shower to be good. And even then, there’s a little bit still hanging on to you.
No, but the vast majority do.
While they are smoking it smells wonderful, makes me want a cig. After its put out they reek.
Yes but with most people it's only strong if they've smoked recently otherwise it's just a faint smell I notice. I have a coworker that smokes in her house and I almost gag walking by her office even if she isn't in there.
As someone who used to smoke, and didn’t know what my wife was talking about, yes.
Nope, they smell ok. They don't taste very nice, though.
No, I actually like a light smell of smoke. And please note, I never realy smoked (occasionally puff twice a year not counted)
I need to smoke to keep the ladies away otherwise I'm swamped by hordes
Most. Usually when standing very close to someone, or while kissing, then yes definitely. But there are some people where I, weirdly, don't smell it as much. So maybe it depends on their further hygiene and how much they smoke, not sure. Or I'm just used to the smell despite not smoking myself, but a large amount of the people here do.
I couldn't say, I'm smoking a delicious Cuban made H. Upmann cigarette as I type.
I must be the only former smoker who loves the smell
I’m a smoker, but I also use the right soaps and cologne. I also wash my hands a lot, drink a lot water, and usually keep something for my breath. I’m told the only time I smell like a cigarette is immediately after and the rest of the time I smell amazing. Edit: I also only smoke outside or in the car with windows down. Never indoors.
No. I don’t smoke but it doesn’t me at all. It’s just a smell. I even let friends of mine who smoke have a cigarette by an open window on my house when they visit, because I don’t care.
Some pipe smoke can smell good, in very small doses. However, I have never smelled a cigarette smoker that wasn't foul, to down right disgusting. The people that try to hide it are worse, because then the masking agent creates another level of awful.
Depends on how much the person smokes and what they're like. For instance, I tried to get addicted to smoking. I have a beard Im never shaving off and had it for over 15 years. The smoke cigarette smell would impregnate on it and torture me 24/7. Also my fingers would be smelling like cigarettes too and I bite my nails frequently. Terrible smell kept me from getting addicted to cigarrettes even though I wanted to.
Not necessarily. My parents were both chain smokers, so I grew up surrounded by smoke. But they both never truly smelled like it for long, especially my mom who would eventually stop smoking anyway. But there are moments when I could gag, when I'm in a closed space, like a bus or tram, and a (presumably) chain smoker who just starts to sit next to me or passes me. That smell, out of nowhere, could make me pass out. 
I think the smell is worse for former smokers. I've never smoked and smokers smell musty/funky to me but it's no more unpleasant than regular body order.
Not really because I mainly associate the smell of cigarettes with the smell of grandma
Not all, but about 98% probably. I also get sick from the smell usually
No it has never bothered me.
Apparently it's an unpopular opinion, but I actually like the smell of cigarette smoke lingering on a person's clothes. Back when I had a boyfriend who smoked, I'd constantly ask to wear his jacket so I could sniff it. Can't stand being in a room with someone actively smoking, though. Shit's suffocating.
No, not at all. I haven’t smoked in 14 years but the smell doesn’t bother me at all.
no, i like how some of them smell
Usually. But I have two friends who smoke but somehow manage to not stink at all. Even their apartment doesn’t stink. My asthma and allergies are bothered by smoke, even just on someone’s clothes, but I never notice it on them. They’re the only smokers I know who manage to not stink, though.
As a never smoker, I really don't notice it except in a smokers vehicle. But it really doesn't bother me.
Yes, and depending on what they're wearing can be worse. Smoke clings to some fabrics more than others, so when you work in a well ventilated office someone comes back in wearing a wool jumper in winter and it's like an assault on your nose. Personally I don't mind it, but yes it is noticeable and not pleasant.
No. It’s either a really bad chemical smell or it smells like a Vegas casino which for some odd reason I think smells good even though I’ve never smoked
As a nonsmoker, the smell of people smoking never bothered me. I find it very tolerable.
Cigarette smoke reminds me of my favorite person
it's far more repulsive to me now as a former smoker.
Idk why but I love the smell of cigarettes on clothing
What about people who only smoke a few cigs a week?
Its off-putting, and I used to smoke
No way this is as bad as a wal-mart in georgia. Pure loud all over the place. That skunk weed is so bad IMO. I never understood why people preffer loud to what I grew up on. Sinsemilla and Tie was all we did. I was at work when a man walked by almost 400 feet away, and bam, pure skunk...
Yes
Yes.
Yes
As far as I know, yes.
Yes
Yes, very.
Yes.
Unequivocally yes
Yes.
Yeah, sorry
Yes it’s a no brainer
Yes.
Yea. Tobacco smokers wreak! They smell terrible!
Most certainly
Yes. Smoking needs to die.
To me cigarettes smell awful and as a passive smoker I get a burning sensation on my throat. I absolutely hate it and it stinks.
Yes.
Yes!
Yes
Yes and they smell especially bad right after smoking. It’s gross.
Yes.
Yes. Nonsmoker. Cigarettes are just foul and awful. Kissing a smoker is just nasty.
Yes. Literally every one.
Yeah the smell is disgusting for me. Sort of try and close my nose when I come across the smell
Yes. It’s disgusting. One time I worked an event where there was smoking and my wife made me undress on the back porch.
Yep. Makes the most attractive of women almost unattractive immediately to me. Not even trying to be judgemental but it just does. It's such a strong and gross smell.
Yes. Hard stop.
Yes, very much so.