I know why this is: it’s because my mom, the only family member that I was close with, smoked a whole bunch, and so I have positive childhood associations.

Whether it be the active smell of somebody who’s smoking nearby or the lingering scent that’s left or that sticks around in place where people smoke frequently, such as bars or hallways or similar, I like it a lot.

Yet even so, I was actually stunned when I found that there are very few people who agree, and many are the folks who think that it smells bad.

  • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Cig smoke is fine for me, but I LOVE the smell of weed smoke (and I don’t smoke weed)

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    I get it; I like the smell of stale cigarettes trapped in an indoor location.

    Cigars, on the other hand, can fuck right off.

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    Very underrated smell imo , tho I don’t see myself actually smoking cigs , health risks seem not worth it for me

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      Yeah just don’t if you can help it. So easy to start, extremely difficult to quit.

      You’re better off with nicotine gum if you’re chasing the buzz

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        I got so lucky… I smoked for like nine months and one day I had a cig and it felt like DOGSHIT. I tried again the next day and I felt debilitated and super shitty. It was also the advent of Ecigs, so I snagged a rudimentary cigalike and used it occasionally when I would normally smoke, then stopped that too.

        I will have a cig very occasionally (actually half a cig, split with my partner) but only if we’re hella drunk. If I’m sober, cigs are absolutely garbage.

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          Nice, associating them with feeling shitty is a good way to keep off them yeah

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    It’s definitely nostalgic for me, since one set of grandparents smoked when I was a kid. It never really bothered me…unless I was driving in their car, where it would give me motion sickness. I was never prone to it otherwise; only when driving on mountain roads in a car that reeked of cigarettes.

    To their credit, they quit smoking when my older sister had her first kid, but the smell of cigarettes just throws me back to the summers spent helping Grandpa with whatever home improvement project he was working on.

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    It is designed to be a desirable smell (or actually flavored in some cases). Since it’s highly addictive the people selling it know they just you to try it and they’ll probably have a long-term customer.

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    I know exactly what you mean. My room at my parents place was on the upper floor, which got very warm in the summer, so I had the window open the whole day. My mom always smoked right below my window because she didn’t want to be seen from the street. Somehow this turned into a positive association.

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    I never really think about the perspective that others like or enjoy the smell of tobacco. I’ve smelled Black and Mild before and that was tolerable enough, but still not appreciated.

    I dislike the smell. But I also actively avoid tobacco and others smoking, primarily for health reasons we’re all aware of. However, tobacco, marijuana, etc. smells are migraine-triggers for me. If I’m around it too long, I could spiral into a terrible migraine that takes days to recover where I’m bed ridden and vomiting for at least a day. Migraines be no fun.

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    My grandfather smoked. I like a small whiff, but still don’t want to be breathing cigarette smoke for more than a few seconds.

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    Ex smoker, hate the smell.

    The only time I legitimately cherished the smell was when I stepped into a portapotty that had previously smelled like death for the entire week. That day though, some hero decided to chain smoke in that thing and you couldn’t smell the shit anymore.

    We’ve tried the trees you put on your rear view mirror, we tried cans of febreeze, only cigarettes hide the portapotty smell. Please, Cigarette smokers, be the heros we need you to be

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    My dad smoked Camels while I was growing up, and, to this day, I still like the smell of them. Reminds me so much of him, and all the little opportunities he took to light up.

    Absolutely hated how my clothes would smell after going back to my mom’s, though. Just awful…

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    I had a friend in university who rolled his own and they smelled so nice. No idea what he put in them, but I’ve never smelled another cigarette that wasn’t vile

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      Could’ve been pipe tobacco. Some brands have vanilla aroma added, which smells very pleasant

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      Self rolled ones tend to have more moisture in them, producing other flavor profiles.

      Source: went from cigarettes to 2 packs a day to vaping to non smoking to smoking to smoking 2 packs a day to rolling them myself to quitting almost 4 years ago

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    Pulled up my canoe to a friendly guy fishing our local swamp. Had a nice chat. Damn, when he lit up, my brain screamed, “NICE”.

    But I don’t really want a cig, just loved the smell, old memories.

    For that matter, a woman who’s a little smoky with liquor on her breath, I get SPRUNG. Old memories, “a smell of wine and cheap perfume…”

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      Yeah. Perfume and smoke does it for me as well. Sweet liquor on the breath. Smells like trouble.

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      Yeah. Same here. Smoked for 30 years. Quit 5 years ago but I do like hanging around the smoke for a few minutes.