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Can see why smoking was so popular. One smell your used to is a lot better than all that.

NoOneNew 6y ago
For those that don't know, fermented tobacco smells way different than modern "cigarettes". Many non-smokers actually do enjoy the smell of an unlit real cigar, some even like the smoke smell (to a degree). As a cigar smoker, I could never smoke a Marlboro cig or of that ilk. Those smell horrid. All jokes aside, it's almost like the difference between organic and "conventional". So them using smoking as an air freshener is a pretty legit way of covering up horse shit stench. Before anyone says it, yes it's still bad for me, no I don't care.
- hengri 6y ago
  I can't tell them apart. Maybe I just like them both too much.
- xwdv 6y ago
  Most don’t care either, just do it far as hell away.
- Vrondi 6y ago
  This. Real tobacco smells lovely until you light it on fire. The smoke stinks; not the actual tobacco.
  - cbozeman 6y ago
    Really really high quality cigars can actually smell quite nice.
    - YinglingLight 6y ago
      Really really cheap pipe tobacco smell quite nice too.
    - stan_rogers 6y ago
      No, they really don't. The "better" the cigar, the more disagreeable the smell of the smoke. And I say that as a (cigarette and pipe) smoker (and real snuff user) for more than forty years.
- cbozeman 6y ago
  Yes, cigar smoking is bad for you, but the amount of cigars you need to smoke per day before your statistically significant risk of cancer increases is five. Yes, five. As in 5. And I don't mean "Black-N-Milds", I mean five robustos. Hilariously enough, this research was conducted by the American Lung Association. I became aware of it when a data scientist friend of mine who smokes cigars quite often was telling me about it. He tore the study apart, up and down, back and forth. It was solid science, or at least, solid data science. And I trust his opinion implicitly. Now for me, that'll never be a concern... I probably smoke 50-100 cigars a year, so I fall so far below the statistically significant risk of cancer that I don't even concern myself with it now.
  - NoOneNew 6y ago
    I'm really scared to open this can of worms... but I'll say this. I still think my cigar habit is not the healthiest. I only do about 2 to 4 a month. However i will agree that the "tobacco studies" are done on the chemical cocktail cigarettes. With the vast range of just shit they put it in, it's not hard to believe they cause cancer. But a fermented leaf cigar that's only bound with rice glue or whatever that other plant glue is, I think becomes similar to the difference of road safety between vehicles. Theres a chart I recently saw on transportation deaths per 1 billion passenger miles traveled. It was like .7 for planes, 1.5 for trains, 10 for cars and 200+ for motorcycles. To me, cigarettes are the motorcycles, cigars are the cars and the plane is being a nonsmoker, mostly because nonsmokers still get lung/throat cancer. I haven't seen a study on just cigar or pipe tobacco. Only on cigarettes, which again, I'm super against. Not defending Marlboro or the ilk. But I won't be blind that there isn't an increased risk in both me smoking cigars along with drinking alcohol. Im just mitigating my risk taking with both moderation and overall danger factor. Damn it, this was a can of worms response... Anyways, got a recommendation for someone that enjoys Alec Bradley Black Markets? Im looking to try something new out of left field soon.
    - cbozeman 6y ago
      Sin Compromiso Seleccion No. 5 Parejo and No. 7 Parejo are my current go-tos. They're some of the best smokes I've had in a long time. I got a box of 13 for $156 at my local retailer. They're not inexpensive, but as I said, I don't smoke often anyway, so cost is less of a factor in my decisions.
- _ph_ 6y ago
  Not sure about cigars, but pipe smoke almost always smells very nice.
  - jdmichal 6y ago
    Pipe and hookah tobacco is typically flavoured. Cigars are typically not, outside of "cigars" like Black and Mild, Swisher Sweets, etc.
  - ImprovedSilence 6y ago
    While I agree with the smell of pipe smoke, trying to smoke a pipe was easily the worst smoking experience i've had. It was just terrible. It just tastes bad, and is a PITA.
- earthboundkid 6y ago
  You might be ready to invest in my startup: https://blog.carlmjohnson.net/post/2019/introducing-bummr/ https://blog.carlmjohnson.net/post/2019/introducing-bummr/
gregkerzhner 6y ago
As a non smoker, I've always found the actual smell of a burning cigarettes to be sweet and attractive. I think this is because some of my earlier memories are being a little boy waiting for the bus in freezing cold Russia, and seeing soldiers smoking. It looked warm and pleasant, so I think I associated the smell with pleasure. Places with stale smoke, like bars and smoker's houses still smell bad though. Its the actual smoke from a cigarette that I like the smell of.
- NoOneNew 6y ago
  God... being Polish, there are so many jokes here and you know it :P I really dont know where to start. But it's also interesting because my parents smoked cigarettes too. Cant stand them. Cigars are my thing, but cigarettes... nope. It's such a weird repulsion too. The whole childhood memory link stuff is so weird and inconsistent or perhaps more complicated than we imagine.
  - spullara 6y ago
    I have a theory that smoking often skips a generation because people as they become adults revolt against the status quo and don't want to be like their parents. Then the cycle repeats with their children rebelling by smoking. This is just anecdata though, would love to see a study on it.

For those that don't know, fermented tobacco smells way different than modern "cigarettes". Many non-smokers actually do enjoy the smell of an unlit real cigar, some even like the smoke smell (to a degree). As a cigar smoker, I could never smoke a Marlboro cig or of that ilk. Those smell horrid. All jokes aside, it's almost like the difference between organic and "conventional". So them using smoking as an air freshener is a pretty legit way of covering up horse shit stench. Before anyone says it, yes it's still bad for me, no I don't care.

hengri 6y ago
I can't tell them apart. Maybe I just like them both too much.
xwdv 6y ago
Most don’t care either, just do it far as hell away.
Vrondi 6y ago
This. Real tobacco smells lovely until you light it on fire. The smoke stinks; not the actual tobacco.
- cbozeman 6y ago
  Really really high quality cigars can actually smell quite nice.
  - YinglingLight 6y ago
    Really really cheap pipe tobacco smell quite nice too.
  - stan_rogers 6y ago
    No, they really don't. The "better" the cigar, the more disagreeable the smell of the smoke. And I say that as a (cigarette and pipe) smoker (and real snuff user) for more than forty years.
cbozeman 6y ago
Yes, cigar smoking is bad for you, but the amount of cigars you need to smoke per day before your statistically significant risk of cancer increases is five. Yes, five. As in 5. And I don't mean "Black-N-Milds", I mean five robustos. Hilariously enough, this research was conducted by the American Lung Association. I became aware of it when a data scientist friend of mine who smokes cigars quite often was telling me about it. He tore the study apart, up and down, back and forth. It was solid science, or at least, solid data science. And I trust his opinion implicitly. Now for me, that'll never be a concern... I probably smoke 50-100 cigars a year, so I fall so far below the statistically significant risk of cancer that I don't even concern myself with it now.
- NoOneNew 6y ago
  I'm really scared to open this can of worms... but I'll say this. I still think my cigar habit is not the healthiest. I only do about 2 to 4 a month. However i will agree that the "tobacco studies" are done on the chemical cocktail cigarettes. With the vast range of just shit they put it in, it's not hard to believe they cause cancer. But a fermented leaf cigar that's only bound with rice glue or whatever that other plant glue is, I think becomes similar to the difference of road safety between vehicles. Theres a chart I recently saw on transportation deaths per 1 billion passenger miles traveled. It was like .7 for planes, 1.5 for trains, 10 for cars and 200+ for motorcycles. To me, cigarettes are the motorcycles, cigars are the cars and the plane is being a nonsmoker, mostly because nonsmokers still get lung/throat cancer. I haven't seen a study on just cigar or pipe tobacco. Only on cigarettes, which again, I'm super against. Not defending Marlboro or the ilk. But I won't be blind that there isn't an increased risk in both me smoking cigars along with drinking alcohol. Im just mitigating my risk taking with both moderation and overall danger factor. Damn it, this was a can of worms response... Anyways, got a recommendation for someone that enjoys Alec Bradley Black Markets? Im looking to try something new out of left field soon.
  - cbozeman 6y ago
    Sin Compromiso Seleccion No. 5 Parejo and No. 7 Parejo are my current go-tos. They're some of the best smokes I've had in a long time. I got a box of 13 for $156 at my local retailer. They're not inexpensive, but as I said, I don't smoke often anyway, so cost is less of a factor in my decisions.
_ph_ 6y ago
Not sure about cigars, but pipe smoke almost always smells very nice.
- jdmichal 6y ago
  Pipe and hookah tobacco is typically flavoured. Cigars are typically not, outside of "cigars" like Black and Mild, Swisher Sweets, etc.
- ImprovedSilence 6y ago
  While I agree with the smell of pipe smoke, trying to smoke a pipe was easily the worst smoking experience i've had. It was just terrible. It just tastes bad, and is a PITA.
earthboundkid 6y ago
You might be ready to invest in my startup: https://blog.carlmjohnson.net/post/2019/introducing-bummr/ https://blog.carlmjohnson.net/post/2019/introducing-bummr/

gregkerzhner 6y ago

As a non smoker, I've always found the actual smell of a burning cigarettes to be sweet and attractive. I think this is because some of my earlier memories are being a little boy waiting for the bus in freezing cold Russia, and seeing soldiers smoking. It looked warm and pleasant, so I think I associated the smell with pleasure. Places with stale smoke, like bars and smoker's houses still smell bad though. Its the actual smoke from a cigarette that I like the smell of.

NoOneNew 6y ago
God... being Polish, there are so many jokes here and you know it :P I really dont know where to start. But it's also interesting because my parents smoked cigarettes too. Cant stand them. Cigars are my thing, but cigarettes... nope. It's such a weird repulsion too. The whole childhood memory link stuff is so weird and inconsistent or perhaps more complicated than we imagine.
- spullara 6y ago
  I have a theory that smoking often skips a generation because people as they become adults revolt against the status quo and don't want to be like their parents. Then the cycle repeats with their children rebelling by smoking. This is just anecdata though, would love to see a study on it.