Whether you’re a smoker or not, you can get a migraine from the scent given off by burning tobacco products, says the National Headache Foundation.
I’m not a smoker, but the scent of cigarette smoke does bother me, sometimes causing headaches. That’s one reason I get annoyed when bank or grocery store employees, etc. stand just outside the entrance to smoke on their breaks, forcing me to walk by holding my breath. It sounds like I’m whining, I know. But, I feel that smoking outside of an entrance is about the rudest thing anyone could do.

If you’re a smoker (not a …read more

This week, Jeannette Davis from Fairbanks, Alaska, talks to us about her migraines.
Can you tell me about when you first started experiencing the pain and what kind of pain it was?
Headaches, and I’ve had them all my life as long as I can remember.
Did you seek help right away?
No, I didn’t seek any help with the pain for a number of years. I thought it was normal because my Mom always had headaches, too.
What did the doctors tell you when you did seek help?
I was 27 when I finally talked to my doctor about it. I knew by …read more