Originally Posted by Ladyjanedoe
Did I read correctly somewhere that smoking deadens the taste and smell receptors in a person?
The nicotine actually paralyzes the little hairs in your nose that are supposed to be the filters for stuff being breathed in. They do wake up again. (Believe me - I used to smoke)
It also deadens the taste buds. When I quit smoking, the need for spices went WAY down and DH didn't have sweatbeads on his brow. :oops: