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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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What Causes Bad Body Odor After Quitting Smoking?

There are too many discrepancies on google. And I don t see the answer here in any of the threads. I quit smoking 9 days ago.....and the smells emitting from my body are gross. I am thinking it s my body cleansing itself of 40 years of toxins. At this early stage, it CAN T be that my smell is now more acute....I can see that being the case after a month or so....and that seems to be the favorite answer all over the net. So truly....does the body start to emit the toxins and do they smell. I m not currently drinking much water....I never have. I m a tea drinker.....not herbal....always orange pekoe. Can you give a straight forward answer? Thanks in advance Dr. Rynne!
Mon, 29 Jun 2015
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There would be inconsistencies because there can be a lot of possibilities that are different in different people. The getting rid of toxins effect on odor, however, is bunk. The toxins make you smell. Indeed, one would smell so very much of tobacco, you couldn't notice any other smells on someone who smokes. THe toxins leaving would unmask other odors, BUT the toxins are leaving at a HIGHER rate WHILE you smoke because there are more of them in you. Then, a lot of it leaves after smoking by coughing up gunk.
Being able to notice odors is certainly true:
1) loss of cigarette stink
2) the nose heals up
Then, nicotine WITHDRAWAL effects every autonomic system including those involved with odor glands.
The activity and composition of the odor causing sweat glands will be different with nicotine, during withdrawal and post-withdrawal. But not much has been done on this.
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What Causes Bad Body Odor After Quitting Smoking?

There would be inconsistencies because there can be a lot of possibilities that are different in different people. The getting rid of toxins effect on odor, however, is bunk. The toxins make you smell. Indeed, one would smell so very much of tobacco, you couldn t notice any other smells on someone who smokes. THe toxins leaving would unmask other odors, BUT the toxins are leaving at a HIGHER rate WHILE you smoke because there are more of them in you. Then, a lot of it leaves after smoking by coughing up gunk. Being able to notice odors is certainly true: 1) loss of cigarette stink 2) the nose heals up Then, nicotine WITHDRAWAL effects every autonomic system including those involved with odor glands. The activity and composition of the odor causing sweat glands will be different with nicotine, during withdrawal and post-withdrawal. But not much has been done on this.