When I was a young boy, my father was smoking 60 cigarettes [tobacco] a day. Our house stunk. Then my elder sister [7 years older than me] joined in and our house stunk even more. My mother hated it and so did I. When I was 16, my father died of lung cancer. By then my sister had married and moved out and our home environment was much more pleasant.

At work, in the Royal Navy during my National Service, whilst socialising, living in a work camp in the NW of WA and just about everywhere else I ever worked, or did business, the non-smokers were assailed by stinking, unhealthy tobacco smoke.

I know what marijuana smoke smells like and I'm so glad we didn't have to put up with that too.

I had a smoke-free office about 34 years ago. And I had a smoke-free home and car 29 years ago, as soon as I got out of my first marriage. My garden has been smoke free for the past several years.

But I have a number of very good friends who smoke [tobacco]. I've noticed that some of them smell very strongly after they've had a cigarette, whilst others nowhere near as noticeable. I've no idea why this is so. But I find the strong smell of some of them highly unpleasant and, having smelt marijuana, I know I would find this extremely unpleasant too.

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Back in the 1970s, I had a sticker on my car, "Kiss a Non-Smoker and Taste the Difference". I wish they were still available. Judging by frequently expressed comments, I would suggest that this would be a common sentiment amongst non-smokers, who incidentally now outnumber smokers in WA by about 4 to 1.

So, in regard to marijuana, why would anyone want to make their breath, hair and clothes have an unpleasant smell, when they could eat a marijuana cookie instead?

Also, maybe this is a conditioning I have, opposite to what Big Tobacco tried to do with the glamourous/macho advertising, but I see having a cigarette [of any kind] in one's mouth or hand as being extremely unattractive for both men and women. Is it possible that some of the smokers see it that way too? If so, isn't that an incentive to not smoke anything?

Posted by Rex, Wednesday, 14 February 2007 6:03:15 PM
"So, in regard to marijuana, why would anyone want to make their breath, hair and clothes have an unpleasant smell, when they could eat a marijuana cookie instead?"

It is a question of economics - it takes a lot more of the substance to get the effect through the gastrointestinal tract than through the lungs. I wish it was cheap enough to eat too. This is actually another argument in favour of legalization.

It's a matter of taste really...I like the smell.

http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2007/02/18/1171733612540.html?from=top5

Damn it, people are just getting stupider...

spendocrat,
I used to like the smell of tobacco smoke. Now it makes my nose itchy. It also makes me feel nauseas and irritable. For pure health reasons alone, I simply cannot be around a smoker for more than 10 minutes at a time. I wonder, could I learn to like the smell again one day? Or more importantly, would it be a good idea to try to force myself? This is a health issue not a matter of political interpretation!