[nkrisc]

For what it's worth I find cigarette smokers to smell as equally awful as someone who reeks of weed. In cold weather, for some reason, they smell particularly worse. Sitting next to someone who's just smoked on the train is downright disgusting. I share your dilemma but I already deal with it everyday today. There's one reason I'm glad for vaping: it smells way better than cigarettes.

My wife has it worse: cigarette smoke is a migraine trigger for her if she has to be around it for a while.

[tonyarkles]

As a smoker who tries really hard to be conscious of those around him, I can definitely relate to the cold weather thing! I can notice it on myself even, and it drives me nuts. I have no idea what causes it, but I am quite glad that Saskatchewan is thawing out and I have another 6 months before the double-bad-smell comes back.

[nkrisc]

I've always wondered what it was. Does cold air carry the smell better? Is it the humidity and the cold weather is incidental? It also seems to change the character of the smell too; I notice it's even more stale smelling than it usually is.

[sanswork]

When I smoked I would keep my hands much closer to myself in the winter(since I was cold standing outside like an idiot). So the smoke would definitely have more of a chance to waft over my body.

[smoothdeveloper]

The reason is probably flowers (cannabis) versus leaves (tobacco)