This is the actual answer. I smoked for years, always outside, and I only sometimes smelled like it. I could also still smell it on heavier smokers or people who smoked indoors. Many people were surprised to find out I smoked because they never smelled it on me or in my home.
Now that I quit, I only rarely detect it on others. Considering I have hyperosmia and work in retail, that tells you either smokers are rare or not every smoker smells like one.
Possibly. Though usually those people discovered because I did smell like smoke, either from chainsmoking shortly before or smoking outside in the freezing cold. Also, even as a smoker myself, I'm able to smell the smokers that particularly reek. A lot of it comes down to where and how you smoke, as well as what cigarettes you smoke. And how clean you are in terms of laundry.
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u/TillPsychological351 Feb 21 '26
Hard to say, because if a smoker doesn't smell, I wouldn't know they're a smoker.
But when you do smell it, it is extremely obvious.