ex smokers

[Docfeelgood]

Before I smoked the smell of smoke did not bother me.
When I foolishly started smoking it did not bother me.
I quit about six years ago.
What I have noticed is that the smell of smoking just makes me want to puke.
I can't stand to be around the stench of smoking.
I have mentioned this to some ex smokers who like me is bothered by second hand smoke even tho being a smoker at one time.
Also some are not bothered by second hand smoke.
I find this odd and wonder if anyone has a answer?
Does this also bother ex smokers here as well?

[rah]

I quit almost 3 years ago. I still love the smell, more so than when I did smoke, and will even try to sit downwind of my buddies that still do.

[N35t0r]

I've never smoked, and hate the smell.

[Provost Harrison]

There should be no more ex smokers.

Because all current smokers should be shot.

[Wezil]

Quitters.

[N35t0r]

Yeah. I've never quit being annoyed by tobacco smoke

[Wezil]

I'm actually a step ahead of you.

Once done with tobacco I want a pull press made on perfumes/scents/colognes etc. They can be hell on my allergies.

[Arrian]

Cig smoke used to make me cough & sputter. Somehow, despite this, I started smoking.

When I was a smoker, 2nd hand smoke still bothered me a bit (unfiltered, obviously). Now, having quit, it's a lot more noticeable. My sense of smell, which was pretty good even when I was smoking, has returned in full.

-Arrian

[Caligastia]

I don't mind the smell of someone smoking, but I hate how it stinks up my clothes if I get too close. Fortunately that seems to be a thing of the past now that bars and restaurants don't allow smoking.

[Wezil]

I don't miss my sense of smell (see my previous post).

[Arrian]

Actually, it's more stale second hand smoke (say smoke lingering in a stairwell, or wafting off of the clothes of a smoker) that is disgusting to me. Walking past someone smoking... sometimes it bothers me, sometimes it tempts me. DAMN YOU DEMON TOBACCO!

-Arrian

[Elok]

I'm asthmatic, so of course I hate it. I think smoking anything should be illegal, at least in public places. If you want your fix, chew the crap.

[Berzerker]

I quit almost 3 years ago. I still love the smell, more so than when I did smoke, and will even try to sit downwind of my buddies that still do.

I'll be standing on the tee box and 1 of my buds will exhale smoke and I'm chasing it down with my nose leading the way

and the smell is even better than when I did smoke too

the weird thing is though I swiped a pack of smokes from my dad when I was a teen and we went up on a hill and puffed away, and I got sick to my stomach. I didn't try it again for 7-8 years and then I got hooked. So I quit about 2 years ago and I tried a cig this past summer... and I got sick to my stomach, so bad I nearly puked and my head was spinning.

And they tell me pot gets you high? Jesus, cigs can deck me faster than hard booze...

[Pekka]

I absolutely hate that stench. Do they know how bad they smell? There are occasions when it doesn't smell strongly, then it's OK. But sometimes it seems that some people after a certain smoke, they smell so freaking bad it makes you want to puke and they clearly are not aware of it.

I don't hate the smell of 2nd hand smoke, it's OK to me. It's especially OK since I don't crave it anymore. I'm not a smokenazi though... people do what they want to do, that's fine. I'm fine with establishment where you can smoke, I can go to another place with fresh air should I want that.

But the smell is amazing. You realize it when you quit that "did I smell like that, wow?".

[Docfeelgood]

I absolutely hate that stench. Do they know how bad they smell? There are occasions when it doesn't smell strongly, then it's OK. But sometimes it seems that some people after a certain smoke, they smell so freaking bad it makes you want to puke and they clearly are not aware of it.

I don't hate the smell of 2nd hand smoke, it's OK to me. It's especially OK since I don't crave it anymore. I'm not a smokenazi though... people do what they want to do, that's fine. I'm fine with establishment where you can smoke, I can go to another place with fresh air should I want that.

But the smell is amazing. You realize it when you quit that "did I smell like that, wow?".

yes, exactly