Hi, Harrow.
I've had some of those phantom smells and tastes. I really don't know what caused them. In the past, when I smoked, it was because of a sinus infection. A few weeks after I quit I went through a period of thinking I was getting one, all the symptoms except fever were there including nasty tastes & smells, but it never actually happened. I think it was just a change in mucus production because of quitting, and maybe a very low-grade infection that my body whipped on its own.
Mine passed in a couple of weeks.
Shevie
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[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005
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[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 6,869
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1303.4
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