I posted in another thread that Covid hat hit our home. I was "sick" for about three days between Christmas and New Years, I never tested (just assumed after my wife tested positive) for Covid but I had lost all smell and taste. It sucked! I now have most of my taste back and I thought most of my smell...but I was wrong! Food has been back to normal(ish) for the past week, so Friday I decided I was way overdue for a cigar (I generally smoke a cigar or pipe every other day or so, here in my office). I selected one of my favorites, a ERDM...prepped it, lit it and for the first few minutes, I didn't get much from it. After about 10 minutes, I realized that I felt as though I was smoking one of the worst dog rockets...EVER! I've smoked for about 23 years and I've had a few dog rockets through the years. I know the cigar is good, as I pulled it out of it's box from my humidor. But, it was N-A-S-T-Y-! So, in short...Covid does a number on smoking, for awhile...exactly how long, only time will tell. I'll give it a week and try again...but it was so bad that I'm not even looking forward to another, for now. Sad, really...

What makes this strange is that yesterday I used my wood stove (oak firewood) out here in my office to keep warm for a long day of work, it smelled OK...not as strong as normal, but it did not stink.

I also dip tobacco (Cope, Grizzly & Stoker's - all long cut or natural) and though I couldn't taste it for awhile...I've not had any issues with them.

Do you know of anyone (friend or family) that has had Covid, that is also a smoker...what their experience was like?

(I realize there is a recent thread called: "Covid Impact on Cigars" - it looks to be for how Covid affected the industry...not enjoyment, so I did not want to interfere with that convo.)

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