Standing in a checkout today, a guy came and stood behind me.
The extreme stench of cigarettes permeated his whole being. Wow
You tend to find out when you stop smoking
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Well, Fag Ash Lil still got the blokes, brt you wouldn’t have said no 
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I dont recall smelling anything until I Stopped the dirty habit and can now detect the horrid smell anywhere.
I never noticed the wallpaper was stained in our House until we had put it on the market to sell.
Was shocked when I started washing down the walls.
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I have never smoked and notice it all the time.
This reminds me of a trip to Switzerland some years ago when we were sitting in a restaurant and someone across the room decided to light up, with smoking being allowed at the time. I didn’t know if I should throw up or go over and tip a jug of water over the guy. It was disgusting. Not only could you smell it, it seemed to be in the taste of the food. 
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It’s an awful smell isn’t it?
I remember as a small child noticing my grandparents fingers being stained a kind of brown/orange colour, it wasn’t just a subtle shade either!
I haven’t smoked for around 38 years but don’t mind being in the vicinity of those who do. I find the smell acceptable enough without it being a stink, a stench, disgusting, foul, dirty …or other words used to degrade a person who smokes.
Maybe they would like to stop but still haven’t managed it yet. Some never do and even die trying. I found it very difficult to stop.
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I have never smoked but have never found the smell from others who do a problem. I sometimes wonder if it is those who have smoked and given up who notice the smell the most.
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After being a 15 a day smoker for 35 years I couldn’t possibly comment, however, I did notice the colour of the wallpaper and ceilings when it was time to decorate, and the occasional brown stain on my cigarette holding finger, but I couldn’t have cared less, I just loved to sit back and smoke a fag, so calming and relaxing and the foreman at work didn’t mind you having a fag break. But if you just sat down without a ciggy you were skiving and got told off.
I don’t mind the smell of tobacco unless it gets overpowering and with the strict laws about where you can smoke these days it never becomes a problem. I’ve been stopped for 20 years now but still love the smell of a proper cigarette Margaret…
I might not smoke anymore and would always try to dissuade anyone from smoking due to the bad thinks it can do to your body, but I will always fight for the people’s rite to do it if they so desire. If you don’t like the smell, just avoid them…Simples!
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I agree OGF. Live and let live is my motto.
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Agreed Margaret. It was the same with some of the vaccinated during the covid malarkey, they would not be in the same room as an unvaxxed person…What a set of knobs!.. 
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I smoked about 10 a day for years . I always had a cigarette before i went to work but never took them with me . I worked with a collegue for 10 years and it wasnt until i retired when i told her i was a smoker she said she never knew , had never smelt smoke on me .
I gave up 5 years ago because of the cost . I sometimes , just sometimes get a slight moment when i could have a cigarette but it passes . I do dislike the smell on people but its their choice .
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I have never smoked and I remember when I was very young lad ( yes honestly I was once!) My dear old Mum, a heavy smoker, taking a drag on a ciggy then covering her mouth with a white handkerchief and blowing the smoke out through it. She showed me the dark brown stain on the hanky and said " That’s what happens to your lungs after just one puff" That memory has stayed in my head since that day. Sadly all three of my sons are smokers.
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I well remember the ritual of opening a ½ ounce packet of Golden Virginia, and drying it out a bit (I found it was always too moist when it was first opened). Then put some tobacco in the Rizla rolling machine, insert the paper and the skill of rolling it to just the right tightness. Finally lighting up and the smoke. Sheer heaven 
I don’t think the smell was noticed quite so much back then because it was more part of everyday life. Sure you could tell who smoked but there was those who didn’t and those who did without the social stigma.
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Apart from the extreme risk to health and possible early demise, how people are prepared to spend that sort of money beats me. I guess once it’s got ya it’s got ya for good. I most cases anyway.
Incidentally when were filters first added to cigarettes?
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If yer want yer room magnolia, don’t have a “Painting Party”, have a “Smoking Party”
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There are still a few around that smoke but they’re not a problem, they are the ones who do it outside, shower and launder their clothes regularly. They also smoke properly, inhaling it.
Then there’s the one’s that live in dirty conditions, couch potatoes, that don’t inhale.
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I think it is just more noticeable nowaays because so few people smoke.
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yes it is very difficult to stop - I dont think anyone was degrading smokers, just the smell of smoke
Several of the posters were once themselves smokers.
I can certainly tell as soon as I go into somebody’s house if they smoke inside
So glad smoking is now not allowed in any indoor public areas and not in quite a few outdoor ones either.
But if people want to smoke in their own homes or where it doesn’t affect others, that’s up to them.
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UK prices , does anyone know the cost of a packet of 20 cigarettes nowadays ?
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