I live in San Francisco, and the vile weed has become so popular that if I walk down nearly any street in the city on a Sunday afternoon, there’s perhaps a 50% chance of catching a whiff of the unmistakable smell of cannabis smoke. It’s a weird sort of litmus test, as I personally think it’s one of the most disgusting, nauseating smells in the world while I have acquaintances who will say things like, “Ah, I just love the smell.” I assume that such people are current or former stoners, but perhaps their noses & brains are just wired differently. I don’t know.
I’m with you. I’ve never toted nor did cigs or cigars. I can’t stand the smell of cigarette smoke or pot, and some cigars. My father used to smoke a pipe decades ago and some of the tobaccos he used made the room smell good — for the first 15 minutes or so.