The smell of smoke makes me sick

Ew no! It smells disgusting... but also it's dangerous to your health! That is reason alone for me to not date a smoker.

ugh i hate smoking and the smell of smoke!

BUT when i met my husband he used to smoke like a chimney, but he promised my mom and I that he'd stop once we got married... and he did god bless his heart.

heck no! its disgusting.. i cant stand smelling it on people let alone having to kiss someone who does!

I quit 1Y 8M ago and assuming my hubby and I divorced, I could not date a smoker! I would be way to tempted to smoke, and I don't ever want to do that again. I was a really heavy addicted smoker. I do notice now that smokers really stink horribly. It's gross. But mostly I just couldn't be around constant temptation. I am not about to break this quit!!

P.s. My hubby (a non-smoker) met me when I was smoking and it never bothered him at all!!! He still swears to this day, now that I'm smoke-free, that it didn't bug him.

if he smokes cigarettes that is way gross...but I think I can handle a social smoker...once in a while.. =)

cigarettes... ewww never ever

I'm not a fan of cigarettes, but I can handle social smokers. I have a lot of friends who smoke, so I'm kind of used to it.

Well ladies, I date a smoker and you must know that not all smokers smell like cigarettes and taste like cigarettes all the time. He only smells/tastes like cigarettes right after he's had one. And he won't smoke around me. It's really not bad at all.

That being said, he is currently quiting and that makes me very happy for health reasons. It's not the smoke that bothers me, it's the fact that it's so bad for his health!

my first boyfriend smoked - totally gross. I have not dated a smoker since and don't intend too. Way too smelly and nasty.

I've dated smokers before. The smell is enough for me. It's worse right after, sure, but it's always there, in their clothes and hair, etc.

I don't mind if someone smokes, but if I'm going to be cuddling up to someone, I don't want him to smell like a pack of Newports, and I definitely don't want him to taste like them.
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Never ever

Nope, never again. The smell makes me nauseous and light-headed.

I get horrible headaches from cig smoke so no, I would not be able to handle it.

I smoke when I drink, so I could date someone like that. The smell of smoke doesn't bother me, but all the gross stuff that comes with it does - the ashtrays (worse, butts on the ground outside, especially outside people's front doors - ewwwww!), the grime on the inside of car windows, the yellow fingers, all that stuff.

I did date one once-and he really only smelled like them right after he'd had one. But I guess it didn't bother me as much?

Nope. I would not. Not ever again, that is.

My boyfriend will have an occasional cigarette or cigar when he's drunk, but then I refuse to kiss or really be near him the rest of the evening because I can't stand the smell/ taste of him after.

I could never, EVER date a smoker. Or someone who goes tanning, or drinks excess alcohol. I'm an oncology researcher and if I'm dedicating my life to trying to cure cancer, there is no way in hell I'd be involved with someone who is going to wind up getting cancer based on their personal lifestyle choices when they should know better. Sorry, just not happening.

I used to date a smoker, and it wasn't bad at all...I used to think i could smell cigarette smoke anywhere, but when i met him i did not know he smoked for almost a month because he never smoked with me....when we became more involved I found out he was quite the smoker....never smelled it on him or anything unless he had just smoked or was smoking at the time...

The worst is cigars. I can't even walk near someone smoking a cigar - I feel totally nauseated. Can't imagine kissing someone who does either... Ick!

my last two exs were smokers- the first smoked all the time- and that was back when the bars allowed it in jersey- and all my friends did too- i constantly had everything smelling like smoke and i hated it. my last bf smoked but not quite so much. and since the bars outlawed it in jersey it makes it easier when you are drinking not to smoke cause you'd have to get up every 5 minutes to go outside. i didn't like that he smoked and i told him so all the time, but at least he was more the pack a week type of guy than the pack a day type. though the new guy i'm dating is smoke free and i have to say its lovely!!

I would not date a smoker. It's not the smell that bothers me, it's the health issues. I don't like being around smoke. It makes me sneeze and I worry about 2nd hand smoke. And of course, I just wouldn't be able to watch someone I care about harm their bodies like that. I also just wonder how someone my age can be stupid enough to start smoking. I immediately judge, sorry.

I have once but NEVER again!!! It's disgusting, it makes me sick, and I can't stand kissing them smelling that. It's a horrible thing.

I met and fell in love with a guy who is handsome, kind, loving, giving, caring, gentle, kind, loves children and animals, was wonderful to my mother, is creative, and thinks I'm beautiful, smart, sexy and fabulous in every single way. Oh, and he smokes 2 cigars a day. Do I like it? Not particularly. But I sure as heck was not going to let him get away because he has a bad habit. I have bad habits, too.

i'm married to one. i think it's really gross and i can't stand the smell. that doesn't mean i don't love him, though.

My boyfriend smokes socially, he used to smoke all the time but now just when he's drinking. He knows I don't like it but it's not something that I would dump him over.

Never.

I've dated smokers before but they always went outside to smoke and chewed a lot of gum...

But now that I think about it, I wouldn't date a smoker again.

julieulie - kudos to you for trying to make a difference in the world. Very admirable!

I'm married to one.
He smokes outside, and although sometimes I get annoyed with the smell (it gets on me, on our son when he didn't wash his hand after the cigarette before handling our son), I think I can take it depending on the days.
I nagged him about it from time to time. I made him suffer a little by making him take a shower every time before touching our bed

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julieulie--- ur an everyday hero....i have so much respect for u! its people like u who give us all hope for the future!

my mom is a recent cancer survivor....keep up the good work hun!

Kissing a smoker is like licking an ash tray!!!!!!! Ewwww who wants to do that?

I agree with Marci. I've dated a smoker before, and like almost everyone else here I think it's really gross, and there are things that used to REALLY bug me. I would prefer to date a non-smoker, but if i meet a really great guy but he happens to be a smoker, I doubt I'll turn him down just because of one bad habit.

my bf smokes socially, maybe 4-6 smokes per month, just when we are out and have had a few drinks and other people are smoking. i'd say something to him if it was more than this.

Ugh. Disgusting. I couldn't, and wouldn't date anyone who even smokes socially. It's an awful habit on all levels, and I find it terribly unattractive.

My husband used to smoke cigarettes, but he quit shortly before we started going out. I love him very much and would have tried to make it work if he still smoked, but I have very sensitive lungs (former asthmatic) so I wouldn't have been able to be around him as much as I'd like. I also would have hated the idea that he might have serious health problems in the future because of it. I want as much time with him as possible.

That said, he still does smoke cigars socially, though it's very rare (once or twice a year). I hate the smell and taste, and I cough violently if I'm around the smoke for even a few minutes. So I just let him have his guy time, do my own thing, and refuse to kiss him until he's brushed his teeth and changed his clothes.

PEOPLE MAKE TO MUCH OF A FUSS ABOUT SMOKING NOW.

ITS THE SAME AS ASKING WOULD YOU DATE SOMEONE WHO DRINKS. WELL DUHHH YOU THINK ABOUT THAT WHEN YOU MEET SOMEONE. SO YES. STOP BEING SO NARROW MINDED AND SHALLOW.GOD.

i chose other purely for the fact that yes, i've dated smokers. some really smelled horribly of smoke. my fiance quit over two months ago. so he's not really a smoker anymore. but when he did smoke, he didn't taste like it unless we were at the bar and he was smoking one after another. i dunno the smoke smell was just incorporated in how i remembered his smell (that, febreeze, and this fabric softner. weird i know)

Djöfull getið þið allar verið leiðinlegar og vælugjarnar.

For me there many more important things in a person than if he smokes. Anyway i wouldn´t like to have as a partner a man who likes killing himself slowly.

By the way, what a pity I couldn´t understand Icelandic in order to understand what Bearwoman means.

Smoking is a deal breaker for me. Sorry.

cigarette smoke gives me migraines and it's disgusting and it will kill you and make your lungs black and make the lungs of whoever is near you black and make your teeth yellow and brittle and stain your nails and fingers and....you get the idea. i am so glad to live in a state where smoking indoors is illegal. it makes concerts (and bowling and eating, etc) much more enjoyable. too bad outdoor concerts don't have the same law. lol. i want fresh air not your nasty cancer stick!!!!!

only a social smoker...like when we go out...
not someone who has like 2-20/day!

I'd rather date someone that smokes weed than cigs

I dont mind it, as long as it's an outside thing. My fiance would let me do it as long as he wasn't around or if I was outside. I only did it once a month, TWICE at the most.

I stopped smoking the green, my personal choice, and my fiance doesn't touch that stuff so we're good now.

As I dated my husband, he was a social smoker. I didn't really like it and he knew it. So he went somewhere nowhere near me when he smoked.

But then he totally cut off the habit not long after we got married.

I also work in clinical cancer research and I used to be very anti-smokers. I met my boyfriend without knowing he was a smoker at first but by the time I got to know him better I already liked him and now -while I absolutely hate it (side note- nearly all of the studies I work on are smoking related cancer studies), he is an amazing person and I would never leave him because he smokes. for me, it is health and it is something that I am trying to help him quit. He has gotten a LOT better since he met me but he knows that if he wants stay commit long term - he has to make every effort to quit and stick with it. Still, if he couldn't or he tried but failed every now and then? I would stay.

I think smoking is so gross, but I am married to a smoker! He doesn't smoke in the house or the cars, or around me at all, and he brushes his teeth a lot so he doesn't have gross breath. I am NOT attracted to smokers, but he just swept me off my feet in so many ways that somehow the smoking wasn't an issue! I do believe that he will quit when I decide to get pregnant, though.