I think all smokers, secret or otherwise, should understand something from we nonsmokers (which would include this ex-smoker):
We know you're smoking. Breath mints and sprays don't hide it.
The only way a smoker, secret or otherwise, can appreciate how powerful cigarette smoke is in a person's clothes, hair, or even the air around him is...to quit smoking, really quit, then have to smell someone who still smokes. The invariable reaction is, I can't believe I smelled that bad--I can't believe people put up with me!
Note to reactionaries: I am not passing judgement on smoking. Talking about its lingering residue.
Our daughter claimed that after we kept her Golden for a week, his fur smelled like an ashtray.
That doesn't mean they won't bring him back when they go on vacation again. (ha)
I just found out that a friend of 30 years--a woman I thought quit smoking 10 years ago--never quit.
She just doesn't tell anybody, but she knows I don't care.
I don't smoke, but I love smokers. Their sins are right there in the air and so innocent and sweet.
I agree. Its amazing what one can smell once one quits smoking.
I used to visit my local roach coach outside my workplace. For the
first year of visiting that truck I smoked, as I had done for 18+ years
prior. One day 6 yrs ago I quit and then a few weeks later I noticed that
the guy who ran the truck cooked far more than I knew before. I could
finally smell that he cooked brownies, cookies, and several other things.
Had to come to the conclusion that I was too weak to 'have just one.'
I cannot do it, so I must never have 'just one.'
Exactly. When I was a teenager I tried to hide my smoking from my parents by dousing myself with cologne after I smoked. They weren't fooled. I smelled like cologne and cigarettes.
You stink. I hope you rot in.... :)