Constantly smelling cigarette smoke!

allicat1976wv over a year ago

I am so glad I found this. I have been smelling it too for a few months now. In fact right now. It makes me nuts and keeps me up at night. I wonder if this is a medical condition.

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Mozzabillie152290 over a year ago

I have been having this problem for almost 2 years. It first started out with it happening just every so often. I thought that maybe someone was using their chimney in the neighborhood, but it continued into summer. I also had problems with another awful smell coming from my nose that other people could smell coming from my nose. It usually occurred when I bent over. Now that has gone away and the smoke smell is an almost constant thing now. I grew up in a house where my mother, father, and brother smoked. I tried twice when I was a teenager to smoke both times for less than a week at a time but I didn't see anything in it. I definately know what it feels like to have smoke go through the nose like a smoker and this is what it smells like. I know that my landlord put in the lease that there is mold in the house that I am renting. The smoke smell started after I moved here. I wonder if it might have something to do with that? I smell it when I go other places, too, but the mold could be effecting my nose and throat.

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Guest over a year ago

I'm glad I found you all. I, too, have unexplained episodes of smelling stale cigarette smoke. I live in a new home???????

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Guest over a year ago

O come on .. its a ghost ..

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Beverly Post-Schmeler190514 over a year ago

I quit smoking only 3 months ago and for the past 3 weeks I can smell cigarette smoke on me. I keep asking my husband "can you smell it? " he says no. Other ppl have said no but I can and it is driving me crazy to the point where I want to just pick up a cigarette and get it over with. I also take cholestoral meds and am type 2 diabetic so take 2 meds for this also. I don't know what the answer is, but am so relieved I am not alone with this anymore.

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jelizabeth over a year ago

I've been smelling smoke for years knowing that there is no one around smoking. It comes and goes and I'm experiencing a spell of it right now. I don't smoke and work in a building that no one smokes in. Glad to know that I'm not alone with this.

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Trevie over a year ago

It's one of them -- what'cha'ma call it? -- cigarette-smoking ghosts.

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Melanie Gonzalez216894 over a year ago

My sister in law has had this come and go for probably the past year....sometimes she says it gets so bad she feels like she can't breathe, she said it even wakes her up from sleep it gets so bad sometimes. She had an MRI due to the fact that brain tumors actually have this side effect....MRI clear. She went back to the neurologist and they think she could be having seizures. They told her next time she smells it to come right to the office or call as there is some test they want to do when she has the symptom. This is not to scare anyone but to let you know you are not alone but it is a good think to get checked by a doctor.....many reasons for olfactory responses like this. Brain tumors, seizures, increased seratonin levels, sinus irregularities......please don't ignore and think it's nothing, please get checked.

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NatesSweetpea218531 over a year ago

Thanks for your post Melanie, I've been checked for Seizures, nothing showed up on the tests and am currently being treated for acute sinusitis with antibiotics and am scheduled for a CT scan tomorrow. Hopefully it will shed some light on the cause. I'll post again after I know more.

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NatesSweetpea218531 over a year ago

NatesSweetpea wrote:

Melanie Gonzalez wrote:
My sister in law has had this come and go for probably the past year....sometimes she says it gets so bad she feels like she can't breathe, she said it even wakes her up from sleep it gets so bad sometimes. She had an MRI due to the fact that brain tumors actually have this side effect....MRI clear. She went back to the neurologist and they think she could be having seizures. They told her next time she smells it to come right to the office or call as there is some test they want to do when she has the symptom. This is not to scare anyone but to let you know you are not alone but it is a good think to get checked by a doctor.....many reasons for olfactory responses like this. Brain tumors, seizures, increased seratonin levels, sinus irregularities......please don't ignore and think it's nothing, please get checked.

Thanks for your post Melanie, I've been checked for Seizures, nothing showed up on the tests and am currently being treated for acute sinusitis with antibiotics and am scheduled for a CT scan tomorrow. Hopefully it will shed some light on the cause. I'll post again after I know more.

Update: After completing the full three week course of antibiotics perscribed by my ENT I am no longer smelling smoke! :-) Apparently the sinus infection I was treated for in the fall was not cured and has lingered all this time. MY CT showed that my sinus cavities are clear and air fulled which is what he wanted to see.

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Guest over a year ago

ive been smelling ciggarette smoke for a few months now but niether i or anyone in my home smoke the smell is so strong i can actually feel the smoke in the top part of my throat and it makes me nausious and feeling sick to my stomach please if someone finds out whats causing it ***this post is edited by moderator *** *** private e-mails not allowed*** Please read our Terms of Use

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john over a year ago

I have the same problem. I smell cigaret smoke I don't smoke and not around people who smoke. My throat burns and its driving me nuts.

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NatesSweetpea218531 over a year ago

I'm understand how you are feeling! I suggest you make an appointment to see a good ENT and let him/her evaluate your symptoms. I smelt smoke for about 9 months and it turned out I had an acute sinus infection. Once I finished the course of antibiotics prescribed, the smoke went away! What a relief!!

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NatesSweetpea218531 over a year ago

Hi John, I suggest you see an ENT like I posted just a minute ago. I'm so relieved not to be smelling/tasting smoke like I was.

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john over a year ago

That's what I'm going to do. See an ENT.

Thanks

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