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ferlew | 20:22 Mon 22nd Sep 2014 | Health & Fitness
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Three times today I have smelled cigarette smoke.

In my kitchen this morning, neither me or Mr F have smoked for a good few years. Neither neighbours smoke either.
This afty, at my craft class, I smelled it again, as far as I am aware, none of the ladies there smoke either.
This evening, lad 2 popped up. I could smell it again. He has NEVER smoked, and hates the smell.
Any ideas on this oddity, anyone??
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olfactory hallucination?
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Is there such a thing, Talbot?
Were you the only one to smell the cigarette smoke?
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Yes.
Yes, I often smell things that no one else around me can smell.

Don't frighten yourself to death if you google it.
Yeah...I smell things as well.
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OK, ta... Lad 2 tried to tell me I was after a ciggy, no flipping way.
Severe withdrawal symptoms ferlew !! :-)
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After FIVE years?? Sir O ??
IMPORTANT: PLEASE DO NOT PANIC WHEN YOU READ THE FIRST BIT!!!!

Smelling non-existent odours is a well-known symptom of a brain tumour. (I've actually known someone who was diagnosed with a brain tumour after going to their doctor with problems with smell). REMEMBER WHAT I SAID THOUGH: DON'T PANIC!!!! REPEAT: DON'T PANIC!!! It's also something that affects ALMOST EVERYONE occasionally, probably due to a minor infection that might not present any other symptoms. (I've had the same thing myself, quite a few times).

So it's almost certainly 'just one of those things' but in the EXTREMELY UNLIKELY event of the problem persisting, or getting worse, do get yourself checked out by a doctor.
I get that cigarette smell sometimes and its always a precursor to sinus trouble, either from hayfever or perhaps working in dusty conditions. I use sterimar to flush out my sinusses and usually that fixes it, the odd time it develops into a full blown infection and then I need an antibiotic.
The first time i had it was just after the passing of my mother in law, who was a smoker and was around 70 miles away at the time....now that was slightly worrying.....
Buenchico......please...that is not necessary and using capital letters does not invalidate the horror that such posts can invoke.

Woofgang is correct......this is almost certainly a sinus or nasal infection problem.
It is the presence of the spirit of smoking past come to haunt you !
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Thanks all, I am not going to panic.
Chuckle at OG.
Must admit, today I do feel a tad blocked up, so maybe that was all it was, iffy sinuses.
I get a musty smell in my nose when I have a sinus problem. You might have the bug that is going around.
I do smell smoke a lot - but my neighbours smoke very regularly out the back and somehow it seems to seep into me, well my house.

I can also smell when they are having fry-ups. Maybe losing one faculty (hearing) the other ones become stronger LOL
ferlew, try sterimar nasal spray
Ferlew - I am wondering would your neighbours have had visitors who smoke. That happens as well.
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>>>>> That way, they are OCD cleaners, so I doubt a smoker would be allowed in, even their grandchilds dog has to stay outside JJ.

In fact, I think the nearest smoker in the village, lives up on the main road, maybe 400 yards from me.
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Cheers woofgang, will bear that in mind, smelled nothing today.

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