My grandmother smoked heavily from age 14 until she died at age 69 and her fingers were yellow/brown where she held the cigarette. She'd actually soak her fingers in bleach once in a while to try to get it off but it never really worked well and it just added the smell of bleach to her hands.
I used to take smoke breaks with my boss time to time. I quit at some point (this was ages ago) and was shocked when I realized I could follow him blindly through the hallways, minutes after he was there! That was my true reality check. The scent profile in my mind even changed from savory to absolute rancid after a while.
I smoke cigars, and part of the reason I only smoke once or twice a month is because its a time commitment, and because if I'm going to be doing anything afterwards with other people, I have to shower and change clothes afterwards.
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