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I can very often smell and almost taste cigarette smoke when there is never any around me. no other symptoms. what could this be?

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Dr. Robert Kohn answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Smell hallucinations: I would be concerned about your brain and would get an EEG and MRI and a neurological examination. Tastes and smells in the absence of stimulation warrants a further examination.

Dr Rhoads agreed

Answered 11/30/2017

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