In the photo histories of the Tour de France are lots of photos of the "old time" champs smoking...some of them smoking while riding. When I was in college, the language department hired a couple of students from France to work as "accent" tutors. One was very likeable, but her hair and clothes smelled so awful it was unpleasant to get within ten feet of her. She also had the French aversion to baths and showers...perhaps fifteen feet was a safer distance. Perhaps Europeans have no sense of smell.