Why don't smokers understand that smokers breath is horrible and disgusting?

Question

Morning breath is also horrible and disgusting but we take care of it by brushing and gargling, right? Smokers must not understand how horrible their breath smells after they just finished a cigarette. Why can't all smokers be forced to carry mints and not subject others to their horrible breath?

Answer 1

Well the answer is quite possibly because they don't choose to know. Just like they don't choose to recognize the fact that their nails turn yellow, their skin gets wrinkled and saggy, and their clothes, car, home everything reeks like smoke.

I live in Ohio and this MONTH we finally passed a ban on smoking in public places. Of course the smokers were outraged...why wouldn't they be? Isn't it their right as an American to force everyone else to inhale the crappy toxins of their sidestream smoke? Don't get me wrong, I know plenty of smokers who are respectful of others. But just like a person who has this or any other type of addiction, they usually don't see or choose to face up to the facts because they don't want to quit.

Steer clear of the smokers AND their stinky breath...and if you run across one-save the rest of us and offer them a tin of Altoids! :)

***as a side note in regards to the poster below--I'd love to discuss this matter further. The unfortunate part is that before smoking bans, there wasn't much of a choice to "remain" or not to "remain" in a restaurant where smoking was permitted, because it was permitted EVERYWHERE. I can't think of one place I could go to eat without there being a smoking section. On the same note, to assume that people who are concerned with smoking are not concerned with pollution is a generalization. I drive the greenest car my money can buy and live in a geo-thermal home. So, in fact, I do care very much about what is going on around me. I am not sure why it would be an automatic assumption that someone who agreed with a smoking ban would be a hypocrite. It wasn't a personal attack on smokers, but rather a defense of people who make a choice not to smoke and shouldn't have to be exposed to it just to go out to eat. Breathing clean air should absolutely be a right, not just a privilege.

Answer 2

A lot of smokers actually are careful about their breath. It's good to be careful not to lump everyone into a category. Not saying you were doing that or anything. It's just something to be mindful of.

I smoke cigars every so often, but the only time I ever smoke them is late at night out on my back porch---when I'm alone. It's a relaxation thing---and I like the taste of tobacco. Yes, it probably stinks my breath up, but I usually brush my teeth and go to bed afterwards, so no one is ever subjected to my breath.

Answer 3

Of course they understand that their breathe is horrible. But the fact is that they are used to it. They have smoked for a while and are used to the overpowering odor. We could never keep up with "forcing all smokers to carry mints or something" because it's not immediately obvious that they're a smoker and it is illegal to search someone without overwhelming proof of committing a crime. I'm sure you wouldn't want "bad breath" to be a crime. That would never fly in legislation =D.

Answer 4

That can be said about a coffee drinking, smoothie sipping, diet soda drinking junkie as well.

I don't care if you wake up in the morning, brush and floss your teeth, before you go to work or school and go the entire day without eating or drinking anything but water. Your breathe can still smell like sh*t.

The last food you ate can cause you bad breathe as the fumes from what you ate can travel out your stomach and up your esophagus leading to bad breathe. Smokers are not the only ones.

Answer 5

Smokers' breath does smell pretty bad, but then again, so does a coffee drinker's breath. Why not single them out and force them to chew gum or breath mints? How about people with sinus infections (the worst breath, in my opinion)? People who eat garlic? The list goes on and on.

If it bothers you, stop standing so close to them when talking.

Also, what does it feel like to have breath that smells like magnolia blossoms? Must be nice not to have any plaque, tartar or germs in your mouth!

Answer 6

Some smokers just don't care while others do and are very mindful about smoke and breath. I used to smoke myself and now take offense when someone pollutes my private space. If a smoker gets in my face with smokey stink breath I don't have a problem asking them to please back off.

Answer 7

Actually, I do carry mints and breath spray with me (not because of what others think of bad breath, but rather because *I* don't like the bad breath). But I certainly don't think anyone should be forced to do so. Aren't we legislating enough sh1t already?

****I have to respecfully reply to the post regarding smoking bans. Smoking bans don't just take away my right to smoke where I want to smoke. They also rob property/business owners of their right to choose who is permitted to do what on their property. With all due respect, I really don't think you have a right to complain if you choose to remain in a restaurant, for example, in which smoking is allowed. You have the choice to turn around and walk out or not enter in the first place. In my opinion, the only fair smoking bans are those which prohibit smoking in places where people have to go. At some point, you will need to see a doctor or go to a hospital, for example, so it's fair to prohibit people from smoking in these facilities.

I'll never understand why people concern themselves so much with cigarette smoke while caring so little about the pollution spewed by vehicles, air craft, factories, etc... Seems a bit hypocrital to me.

Answer 8

What this person requires is a good dentist with some good medical aid to sort out the bad breath. A good balanced diet is a must and of course a pack of mouth fresheners will do the trick. Please also add a good toothpaste and a little YOGA for getting control on the breathing and clearing up sinuses.

Answer 9

Smokers know the impact of smoking on their breath. But let me ask another couple questions. Why do people who wear too much perfume not realize they reek? Why do people who don't believe in personal hygene not realize they are killing the trees they walk by?

Answer 10

Someone says in their answer to stay away from smokers. There is a guy who smokes as much as he can at a bus stop, gets on the bus, and sits next to the unlicky person. point is, you cannot always stay away from smokers.