After reading though Nailits latest post about smells, it made me think.
Do smokers realise they smell so bad?
just one example is I have a very dear friend who is quite well off (good for her she works hard) but even though she wears the latest designer clothes, expensive perfumes ect ect all I can smell when she hugs me is the cigarette smoke.
I feel is it worth spending all that money to just spoil it with smoke smell?
My mum is another example, I remember when I was young and even now, although I really wanted her cuddles I always had to wrinkle my nose up when hugging her which is such a shame.
I'm constantly trying to give up smoking. Recently started again. And yes, I know that I must smell awful. However, my clothes are constantly in the wash and if I smoke in my flat, its always through the kitchen window.
But I agree, smokers stink. I hate the habit.
I don't think they do realise how strongly they smell. I gave up smoking in 1979, so I may be extra-sensitive, but anyone smoking in the street about 20 yds. away sets my nose wrinkling and can set off an asthma attack. I now find being near a smoker very unpleasant, even when s/he is not actively smoking.
I used to smoke, I have given up for ten years or more. I just woke up one morning, and could hardly breathe, so I stopped then. However, I agree with everyone. I have been on the bus when a smoker gets on. The smell is awful, and I hate to think that I used to smell like that.
I know when my niece has had a ciggie and when my late brother smoked, I grew up in a house of 11 smokers, my niece and brother were what we called dirty smokers, I don't know is it the way they held the ciggie or what but they walked back into the house smelling of ashtrays