constantly smell cigarette smoke

[gcmx]

I have been experiencing the same thing for about a week or so--smell cigarette smoke when no smoke exists. Thought it was coming from the AC vent in my office but then started smelling it in car and at home. The strange thing is that when I inhale, sometimes the odor is so real I feel my eyes slightly burning as if I were sitting next to someone smoking. I am 40 yrs. old, never smoked, have been off depression meds for about 8 mos. No recent sinus infections.


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[Katiescarlett777]

I just started smelling cigarette smoke since January 28, 2015. I am very tired of smelling it. It comes and goes. Nothing has changed in my life except I lost my Grandmother on January 10th and I lost a dog that I was very close on January 26th. That is when the smoke started and I have been tracking it and putting on a notepad in my phone. Sometimes I will have it for a few days and it be gone a week and then come back. It really feels like i stink like cigarette smoke or my face is in an ashtray. This smell is worse than standing next to someone that smokes, its so much stronger and I really need a group I can belong to and people that don't think I am crazy. Any suggestions would be helpful. I have never experienced anything like this in my life. It's so weird and I'm so done with smelling smoke but life shall go on.

[Nbould]

Like everyone else, I'm so happy to have found this forum; to discover others with this same condition. The smell in my nose is that of a very smoky but stale cigarette smoke smell. I've smelled this off and on over the years, but only for very short periods and I never thought to look it up. Currently I've smelled it for 2 weeks, which is the longest I can remember. I also have a weird, heavy feeling in the back of my throat and chest, like I'm full of something, like, well, smoke! I have always had sinus issues, and in the last year developed acid reflux. I'm super stressed and very tired, but have been for several years and this is the first reoccurrence I've had in any years (that I can remember). I drink 2 mugs of coffee every day but used to drink more. I haven't smoked in 14 years. I don't drink much but I just realized I did have a glass of wine 2 weeks ago...plus I ate shrimp. Those are the only things I can think of that are out of the ordinary for my life lately.
Kaydi35, please let us know what the neurologist says about your tumor and how you're doing. Thank you for sharing your story!

[RMC79]

I have been experiencing this smoke smelling phenom since November or December of 2014. I have always had a heightened sense of smell but now can only smell cigarette smoke.  Thank you for your post. I am going to skip visiting my PCP and head straight to a neurologist.   I really don't think I'm going to waste anytime trying to self diagnose. Thanks again.

[DawnDawn74]

Wow, I cant believe I'm not the only one with this phantom smoke smell. I've been smelling dirty ashtray on and off for a few years now. The first time I experienced it was after being around second hand smoke. I thought the smoke was stuck on my nose hairs and in my hair, but I smelt dirty ashtray on and off for weeks afterwards. I'll go months without smelling it, but then it comes back. It seems to be triggered by smelling second hand smoke and sometimes camp fire. I wake up not smelling it, but then it gradually creeps back, usually in the afternoon. Smelling Vicks is a temporary relief, and cupping my hand over my nose and mouth and breathing that way.

[JAWiem]

my wife has the same problem...she just took 2 antacid pills - and it WENT AWAY!! TRY IT!  :)

[JAWiem]

my wife has the same problem...she just took 2 antacid pills - and it WENT AWAY!! TRY IT!  :)