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I started smoking cigarettes when i was [age redacted]. My parents never knew. it's been 7 years and I am now smoke free for the longest time since I started. I want to tell them about it because I feel proud of myself, but if they find out I hid it from them for so long they will be so cross with me
RoncoFoodDehydrator
They knew. Everyone knows who smokes. You smell terrible. But congrats on quitting!
RipVanStinkhole
I was a closet smoker for years. Still feels good to say I quit and have people that never knew. Enjoy the money and fresh air!
takemywifecommaplease
Hey dude, I'm a parent and I'm proud of you. Keep it up, you're doing great.
usersubbandit
Congrats. Stopping smoking is no joke.
Foxfire1357
I smoked from the age of 10 to 36. This month is 2 years of not smoking. It's hard but it gets easier. You can do it!
VitaminJay
Bruh. Everyone knew, you smelled like a shitty smokehouse. But congrats on your cessation!
leester1478
Secret alcoholic here. Definitely understand that feeling. Any progress in kicking the habit has to be my own private sucess.
HaBaBaDaGaDa
Well your faceless internet friends can now be part of that private success. You'll get there, and you're not alone.
AndySoCal
tell em. own it. sound your barbaric yalp from the rooftops of the world.
pandro
There are "anniversaries" when people get the urge to smoke again. At least it was true for 2 packs a day smokers back in the day.
IJustWantToMakeAComment
It’s almost better-if people know you’re quitting they’re always asking you how it’s going like “fine till you just reminded me I want 1”
WoundedZetian
Good for you! It is not easy to quit. Keep going, stay strong. Thanks for sharing
sweetlittlebee
They knew, share it with them.
Amoracchius
MinnesotaMathew
I "hid" it from my wife for a very long time. She caught me a few times with smoker's breath etc, but for the most part didn't know I was /1
MinnesotaMathew
an every day smoker. I was finally able to quit when I turned 30, 8 years after we married and 10 years after we started dating. /2
MinnesotaMathew
I confessed it all once I had quit for long enough that I knew I was done for good. I think it was around a year smoke free.
SephiRothIRA
Holy shit, that’s the first big hump after that 3 day insanity itch. It’s only easier from here on out. Don’t go back to zero days!
scottjderby442
You are doing great OP! Its a tough battle but i believe in you.
CheekyLittleCunnnt
I started to smoke when I was 13, smoked for 11y. this year my new year's resolution was to stop smoking and I did. 1/3
CheekyLittleCunnnt
I didn't smoke for 9 months, and then my fiance left me.. so I started again. got on 2 and half pack a day. then I realised 2/3
CheekyLittleCunnnt
that I want to stop. and now I don't smoke anymore. but there is no better thing then a morning coffee with ciggeret. I miss it incredibly
HaBaBaDaGaDa
Damn impressive. If you can quit after life pulls that asshole shit, you'll kick those cravings. Might take a while but you can do it!
Zero251
Dude fuck it! Congrats on quitting you deserve a pat on the back even if it is from an Internet dude. You rock! Stay healthy my friend
sardonislamir
Share it... There is nothing worse for you than to hide your achievement.
2goodtimes
Man I wish I could quit! Keep up the hard work
Communik8
As a parent and an ex-smoker and I'm very proud of you.
Vardouck
Share it with us OP. Good on you and as a fellow former smoker, great work! Keep it up!
phoenix87ta
Congratulations! Quitting is a bitch but you can do it!
TheMajinVegeta
Good job. It’s been over a year for me. It gets easier each day
robdielemans
Hang in there chum, it takes another couple of months for it to be completely out of your system.
SalvadorVango
Nicotine is the one drug I haven’t been able to quit. Serious props to you man.
GrassssssssTastesBad
I'm proud of you!!!
kinkysexprofessor
thank you dad ❤
GacysCrawlSpace
Good job OP. You should have used Confession Bear
shitheadtookmyname
Isn't confession bear about doing something stupid?
kinkysexprofessor
damnit! i was so anxious about which one to use and confession bear was my first draft
GacysCrawlSpace
At least you prepared
simonwentbananas
We're proud of you.
HolyHellJezebel
Good job. It gets easier, it really does. Maybe you won't go through that phase where everyone smells really bad now b/c you vaped.
bcam23
I love how smokers think they can “hide it”. You can’t. We can all smell it.
SuperDuperSkateTeam
And breathe it and get cancer too hate smokers
firegrly420
Not true. Have a smoking jacket, with hood, that hides the smell really well. Co-workers never knew until I told them.
Ulgoroth
Depends on what you smoke, I am smoking quality tobaco, Javana or golden virginia) and when you smoke outside and walking around the only
Ulgoroth
thing that smells is your hand. But my colleague smokes some industrial shit and he smells badly at 100 meters.
Anaphriel
I love how non-smokers are so quick to tell smokers what they do and don't know/can smell/can taste.
StarkeRealm
My family never figured it out. The times they picked up on the smell, they thought it was other smokers.
Shuckeru
Smoked in my room for 6 years. Didn't get caught until I got caught when smoking in town. If you're half diligent its easy.
perrycRunner
Yep my mom knew lol
AggressiveChickenSandwich1
I hid it on and off for about 7 years. Finally kicked the habit a few months ago!
marbiter
Nope. Smoked in high school, mom never knew. She would have killed me.
KillingTlme
Smokers can't smell shit, so they think they are sly.
ArtOfCreations
It's called noseblind
manylifetimes
Yep yep yep was about to scream this at OP
supercutiepiepizzadestroyer
Not ture, no one know I smoked for years. Did it only outside while walking so hair won't smell, also wet wipes for hands, alcogel, gum.
cre8majic
if it makes you sick/allergic, you can detect it, whether it's 2nd hand or third hand..
DoorbyTheHouseShelf
Nah I started in HS and smoked at home. If they ever knew they'd have killed me. It just depends how/where you smoke and covering up after
fabianpoops7
I love that non smokers think they can always smell it ? great, that’s exactly what we want you to think..
TurdBurglar3000
Ex-smoker here, I quit two years ago after smoking for over 10 years. I sure as shit can tell if someone smokes.
WindowsSeal
You can hide it if you dont smoke much, only smoke outside, change where you're holding cig based on wind, handwash/gum brush teeth
ColonelColon
It seriously depends. As long as they don't smoke where they spend most of their time, they won't smell much. Smoking at home and in the 1)
ColonelColon
car are the main perpetrators since you spend a lot of time there. Not nearly so much smell if you only ever smoke outside and are careful.
MarkPenrice
Guy at work was addict and had regular smoke breaks - outside, in a specific spot, as had become law. Also occasionally liked a beer at
MarkPenrice
lunch. You could smell both of them on him afterwards.
HaBaBaDaGaDa
I mostly agree, but if you're not a chain smoker you can learn to ACTUALLY hide it. Hand wipes/sanitizer, essential oils, hairspray (1)
HaBaBaDaGaDa
When you have a bloodhound parent you learn quick or not at all lol (believe me, when I smell like smoke at all I HEAR about it)
Anynonmoose
In high school, the smokers sprayed themselves down with axe. Instead of covering the smell, they smelled like cigarettes and axe.
HaBaBaDaGaDa
Oh God... my bro used to leave an Axe trail behind wherever he went. I'd take Febreeze any day over that shit lol
CmfMttnPpl
Same goes for booze.. I do both
HouseStank
After quitting, I had move and I noticed all of my clothes REEKED! 14 loads of laundry later, no more smell.
cupocoffee
Hid it from my parents for 3 years while living with them, the key is where sweaters outside, come home immediately go to room 1/2
cupocoffee
Ditch sweater, go to bathroom wash hands and face 2-3 times and your fine, especially if you blow smoke down wind and air out for 20 mins
cupocoffee
Its not easy and takes tactical precision. But i hid it for 3 years from my whole family. I was caught 3 times by different ppl but not for
cupocoffee
The smell always had the cig in hand. I was just in a bad spot and not aware of my surroundings. But it was cousins and uncles so rents
cupocoffee
Didn't find out till i told them.... i know because it became a thing
TurdBurglar3000
Your parents were either oblivious or didn't bother to make a mess. You can't hide it. My parents didn't say anything when I smoked and 1/2
TurdBurglar3000
only after I had quit for good they told me all those times I thought I was on the clear they knew everything. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
cupocoffee
Sounds like you aren't meticulous enough to hide it
TurdBurglar3000
Oh, I was. Used rubber gloves, changed clothes etc... It's just something nigh impossible to hide and the rest are just lying to themselves.
fabianpoops7
Or you sucked at hiding it. Most likely.
kinkysexprofessor
i swapped to vaping (douchebag alert) once they became mainstream
invaliduserformat
They smelled you before mate...
RunanD
Oh lordie...you think you didn't stink like a skunk hate-fucking an older, uglier skunk. Bless. BLESSSS.
PiffTheMagicDildo
Yea dude, people can smell you from a mile away, even with vaping. It’s like an eyesore but for our noses.
Kaysmira
It's possible, I think, if you only smoked outside and let yourself air out a bit. They might believe you got the smell on you 2nd hand, too
DecisionsAreHardWaterTribe
It's possible, I hid it from my parents. I never smoked a lot either (about 2/3 a day). I also moved out at 21. So yeah, possible.
DecisionsAreHardWaterTribe
I also smoked outside and aired it out. My co-workers were surprised if I told them I smoked because I didn't smell. I don't like the stink.
wtforero
As a smoker I can tell you, we don’t smell how other people smell us. Smoking dulls your sense of smell significantly
BriefausdemGeist
Do you seriously not know how much and how strongly that stuff smells?
OfficialMurica
As a smoker no, but when I “quit” for a while I’m always blown away by how much it smells.
MarkPenrice
I've never noticed a particular smell with vapers. Nicotine isn't the aromatic thing in tobacco. At most some of them who like fruity
MarkPenrice
flavours might have a slight tinge of synthetic strawberry to them, but that's not far off cheap deoderant anyway.
MarkPenrice
Actual smokers though... it's like a fart in a lift.
Loqaon
They do not. Smokers don't know they smell like poo.
peeeopeepeee
I don't smoke often, less than once a month, but I for some reason love the smell and have since I was a child
MadEyeMoodyBooty
A lot of us do know, and hate ourselves for it, but are addicted and haven't found the willpower to quit
ColostomyBrag
HEY! I know very well how much like poo I smell!!
bcam23
I would rather tell my parents I smoke crack out of horse skulls than tell them I vape
NuthinButts
IMO more douchebag to care about others vaping, but that’s just me. Do I vape? Fuck yeah, have for years.
shitheadtookmyname
Vaping causes second hand smoke issues, too. The research is starting to come out. So you vaping is bad for me.
wolfhowell
Literally impossible, as it's not smoke. It's about as damaging as standing in a steamy shower.
Noyoudontknowmefromsomewhere
how would one go about....nevermind.
TheNeub
Let’s put it this way. I know the person in the car in front of me is smoking. With windows closed.
dunewolf
Yeh friend buys brand new car, I go to get in "you smoke?" never have seen him smoke "no I dont" -- You sure about that?? lol his GF smokes
dunewolf
like must be 3 packs a day cause it was brand new car and it stank bad..
dunewolf
less then 1 month old, had obvious signs of ash blown around interior too..
TheNeub
On 95.
bcam23
3 miles ahead
DetectiveGaff
Uphill
MarkPenrice
I dunno about that, but there was someone smoking with their windows down (in December! they must really not want their car to smell...) in
MarkPenrice
front of me the other day and I could smell it before I saw them dimping the ash on their mirror.
MarkPenrice
It's not as pungent or pervasive as weed, but you can still pick it up very easily.
ComeOnManYouHadOneJobToDo
Not true. I had several in-laws that never knew. The secret is to never smoke in your home or your car. I smoked for 20yrs this way.
arachnoides
People here are adament you can't hide smoking haha. They seem to be really passionate about it
Anynonmoose
Smoking kills your sense of smell. Before I smoked, I could smell the brand from 50 yards. Now, I can't smell if you smoked in the last 5min
arachnoides
To a degree, and it varies. I smoke but have a very good sense of smell.
elinveronicap
My friends kept taking the dog out on new years night. So nice of them! I had no idea they went out to smoke and just brought the dog.
CongratsYouAreHereNow
yeah, i sell medical devices that remove cancer and i smoke cigarettes. no doctor or colleague knows i smoke. i actually quit a month ago
CongratsYouAreHereNow
but i'm just saying it is entirely possible to keep it secret if you're trying
MarkPenrice
Oh, they knew. They were just too polite to say, or didn't care.
DoorbyTheHouseShelf
Nah my parents would've killed me if they knew I was smoking in highschool. I always went outside, stood downwind, washed hands after, etc
MarkPenrice
Maybe appreciated that you were doing it outside / away from the kids or whatever.
ComeOnManYouHadOneJobToDo
Granted anyone directly sniffing after having one is going to notice.
Rinsie
That is definitely true, but on top of that you can smell it in a smoker's breath. Not just right after smoking, but pretty much always.
HaBaBaDaGaDa
Of course, but gum+essential oils+hand sanitizer/lotion does the trick till you get to a bathroom. You learn the ropes after a bit
PatrickRob82
I took it the extra mile and wore a latex glove so my fingers wouldn't stink
Direwolflord
Clings to your clothing and hair
PatrickRob82
Yup. I just said I was hanging out with smokers. I was a shitty kid.