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justsaysmthng · 2016-09-01 10:36:22

Yes, if you blow the smoke on them, they don't like it.

But I was bitten countless times when I was a smoker, so it's not a very effective remedy.

fallinghawks | karma 590 | avg karma 1.45 · | 2016-09-01 11:34:10

No, it doesn't. Back when I smoked I would blow smoke at them and they would just duck and find a different direction to attack.

notdang | karma 603 | avg karma 2.11 · | 2021-08-23 15:00:36

They avoid you only when you smoke or in general, also when you don't smoke?

deelowe | karma 6935 | avg karma 2.74 · | 2013-04-28 10:38:50

Source? I don't believe this one bit. You'd have to be french kissing a smoker for it to have any effect.

doron | karma 1162 | avg karma 4.45 · | 2011-11-21 18:58:29+00:00

They smoke, but don't inhale.

eyelidlessness | karma 12032 | avg karma 2.12 · | 2021-12-30 10:51:42

Not my pup! I don’t even smoke on walks with her because she dislikes the smell so much.

mathemagics | karma 59 | avg karma 4.54 · | 2019-09-24 01:00:19

Sure, if they emit an addictive airborne substance. Thanks for clarifying.

mc32 | karma 33963 | avg karma 2.39 · | 2018-03-28 01:07:23

As far as I could tell, this wasn't about getting stimulated by the release/ingestion of chemicals but rather involved zoopharmacognosy, given the "smoke" was produced by expelling a cloud of ash.

I.e. it wasn't trying to get high for the sake of getting high but rather trying to counteract the effects of pathogens.

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dsr_ | karma 24250 | avg karma 4.96 · | 2021-06-10 17:48:23+00:00

Effectively, yes. Wood smoke, not tobacco.

SilasX | karma 17521 | avg karma 2.12 · | 2018-11-27 16:00:14+00:00

Not if they're a heavy smoker...

hnick | karma 3391 | avg karma 1.8 · | 2020-05-25 02:58:33+00:00

Do they though? I've wondered this before as a non-smoker.

I assume patches are slow release but smoking provides a bigger hit all at once. Sometimes that's important, both in terms of impact and building tolerance.

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scrps | karma 1021 | avg karma 3.45 · | 2023-09-30 11:24:14

Treat them like tobacco corps.

CompelTechnic | karma 1357 | avg karma 3.81 · | 2022-01-20 20:53:17

The bacterial spray isn't unique to smokers.

edmundsauto | karma 3092 | avg karma 1.56 · | 2020-12-18 05:47:18+00:00

It has worked to some degree with cigarettes.

teilo | karma 5618 | avg karma 2.81 · | 2016-11-04 18:14:53+00:00

Unless you are also a cigarette smoker as well, and many of them do inhale cigars and pipes.

scyzoryk_xyz | karma 2630 | avg karma 3.91 · | 2021-12-30 03:28:16

Yeah but doesn’t every dog think smoking is cool?

bananadonkey | karma 69 | avg karma 1.92 · | 2018-08-06 15:06:34

The shit of my burning cats does not smell like cigarettes, but the cats do

magduf | karma 4506 | avg karma 1.4 · | 2019-06-07 16:42:15

Being outdoors doesn't help when they're within 50 feet of you; the smoke will still inevitably drift directly to the person who hates it the most.

Smoking seems to be on the upswing among young people too.

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AnnoyingSwede | karma 207 | avg karma 1.77 · | 2017-07-06 09:02:08+00:00

They avoid cigarettes and anything else burning like the plague?

defen | karma 7933 | avg karma 3.58 · | 2016-09-01 15:17:14+00:00

Does smoking (or smelling like smoke) keep mosquitoes away? I'm wondering if some second-order effect, like malaria prevention, led doctors back then to think that smoking was healthy.