Give and get support around quitting
Rant time - my sister is outside smoking. I am inside and there are no windows open and I STILL smell it!! Will this odor aversion ever go away?
Oh No Donna... smoking stinks and I am sorry that you have to smell it...
I have actually found I enjoy the smell of cigarette smoke wafting on a breeze outside...not so much on clothing, hair, inside spaces.
Perhaps you can ask her to go a bit further away from the house? You might tell her it is difficult for you to smell it?
Hope she isn't out there too often!
Nancy
I’ve been noticing the longer I am quit the better cigs smell too. I’ve told many people I pass how good it is. Kindly, they offer me one. Easy to turn down as I can’t imagine smoking one now. I know I talk to them longer tho.
Seems all you can do is be be honest with your sister. It’s not a hard request. When my husband attempted a quit, it wasn’t hard for me to go somewhere else to smoke. It’s common courtesy. Unfortunately you can’t much about the residual smell. I doubt she will want to change clothes and shower after each cig.
Interestingly, I went to WalMart today and smelled cigarette smoke everywhere. I'm just going to have to get used to it or stay home forever.
I smell cigarette smoke all over Walmart too and most of it is NOT fresh smoke, it is smoke on the clothing of shoppers...there are many times I see people standing outside smoking and it makes me crazy. I hate the smell and I don't care how fresh it is...I have worked really hard to get and keep my lungs as clean as possible, I am at high risk of having issues because of inhaling someone else's smoke. I don't expect to ever get over it.
As for your sister...maybe she could just move to a different area?
Ellen