Right right. That's because you have to get used to having something other than Nitrogen and Oxygen in your lungs.
Exactly. And the smell is fantastic. Not sure for other people, but I actually find the smell of smoke (only pure tobacco, like pipe tobacco) to be a bit of a turn-on. Two things you don't inhale: pipes and cigars. Well, you can inhale a cigar, but most people don't do that.
My grandmother smoked like a chimney for 30 years and was fine. She died in '09 and it didn't really phase me, lol. We were very close, but if you spend some time on the internet, you become quite desensitized to things.