I know why this is: it’s because my mom, the only family member that I was close with, smoked a whole bunch, and so I have positive childhood associations.
Whether it be the active smell of somebody who’s smoking nearby or the lingering scent that’s left or that sticks around in place where people smoke frequently, such as bars or hallways or similar, I like it a lot.
Yet even so, I was actually stunned when I found that there are very few people who agree, and many are the folks who think that it smells bad.
Same here. I quit smoking before a lot of Lemmy people were born, and have no interest or temptation to start again. I still like it. It’s good friends and hanging out late at night, it’s taking a break up on the roof. I don’t want throat cancer but the smell is still nice.