My friend comes into the bar the other night and is offered a cigarette. (I myself no longer smoke them, but it is still a temptation for him.) He’s going to be there for a couple of hours, and will certainly have a few beers, but his worry is “smoker’s breath.” He doesn’t want his girlfriend to know he’s been smoking. I tell him he’s crazy–how can she tell, if he a.) has a few beers to cover the smoke breath with beer breath, b.) sticks around for a few hours and lets it fade away a bit, and c.) chews some gum or has a mint afterwards. But he swears she’ll still be able to tell.
Now, disregarding the fact that our clothes are all smoky from the bar anyway, and that we all know the health risks, is cigarette smoke THAT persistent in its stench, especially on one’s breath? I never thought so, but I’ve never, um, kissed or otherwise tasted anyone who smoked, so I wouldn’t know. Is he nuts, or am I underestimating the power of smoke (and non-smokers’ sense of taste and smell)? What could he conceivably do to hide the smell anyway? Does gum really fool anyone?
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I’ll second Satan. I’m an ex smoker and my last g/f didn’t smoke. After a cigarette, she could definitely smell/taste it for a long time afterwards, even with a couple of beers or other drinks between.
A one-nighter I had years ago was a smoker. Amongst our activities was a little oral sex (even though it’s outlawed here in Virginia ). Let me just say, it’s not just the mouth that tastes like an ashtray.
Further proof that you are what you “injest”: a former girlfriend once commented that I tasted much sweeter that expected, probably due to the fact that I usually drank 4-6 sodas a day.
My boyfriend is a smoker (trying valiantly to quit!) and I hate kissing him after he’s been smoking all night. Even with beer to “cover” the stench of smoke on his breath, the smoke comes back up from INSIDE! aka lungs, stomach, etc. when he exhales. So, in a heavy make out session, he tends to breathe in and out, and I got assailed with smoke. YUCK! So yes, your friends girlfriend will definitely be able to tell.
When I was in college I worked for a while as a McDonald’s manager. This was the worst job I ever had. I had quit smoking for a year, but working at this job I started bumming smokes from my fellow managers, and eventally started buying packs again. My girlfriend at the time noticed immediately and no matter how much I brushed by teeth, chewed mints or whatnot, if I had smoked within about 5 hours she could definately tell when we kissed.
** nineiron ** do you need more saying “oh yea, you can tell???”
yea, you can tell
I believe that it’s due to the reasons put forth by ** Voorvie **. You may chew mints etc but nothing will clean out your lungs in that amount of time.
"Trust me on this one… Tobacco is a strong substance which will stay with you - in your hair,
clothes and certainly your mouth - for a long time. "
Plus your lungs, for a long time, 20, 30 years.
What a juvenile he must be to sneak around like this behind g/f’s back, and for what?..a few cigarettes? What else is he hiding? Yeah, she’s gonna know, and probably wonder the same thing. He would be better off just to tell her he smoked and forget the deception.
I briefly dated a smoker.
Even though he didn’t smoke in front of me (which I thought was very sweet!) when I kissed him, my mouth would tingle and then go numb. I have always assumed that it was from the nicotine. But I bet that she would be able to tell that way. It even happened after he’d drunk a couple of cups of coffee.
). Let me just say, it’s not just the mouth that tastes like an ashtray. 
