[06maryanna]

Can you receive herpes from someone infected through smoking a cigarette behind them?

[J_9]

Do you mean genital herpes? Or maybe the herpes virus that is found in cold sores?

If you mean genital, then no. That must be genital contact.

If that person has a cold sore on their mouth, then yes it is a possibility.

[jgj6331]

Agree with J_9 (unless you are getting rather kinky with your smoking habits - a la Monica Lewinski :eek: ). Someone once asked me if it were possible to either get pregnant or to get an STD sitting on a toilet seat - I told them you most definitely could - but it would likely be somewhat uncomfortable for both you and your lover... ;)

Herpes simplex type 1 (HSV-1) is usually associated with oral (mouth) lesions and type 2 (HSV-2) associated with genital lesions - but that's not always the case. The viruses are very closely related and you can transfer HSV-1 from your (or someone else's) mouth to your genitals by touching a cold sore and then touching your genitals - or through oral sex. Likewise, HSV-2 can be transferred from genitals to mouth in a similar manner through touch or oral sex. Shared oral objects - cigarettes, toothbrushes, silverware, etc - can possibly spread whichever virus (HSV-! Or 2) is residing in the infected person's mouth to yours. See this link for more info...

http://www.herpesonline.org/articles/herpes_virus.html

[Thomas1970]

Can you receive herpes from someone infected through smoking a cigarette behind them?

I guess that would really all depend on what you are doing WHILE smoking that cigarette behind them! Okay, okay, I have a dirty mind. I guess it really is all in your syntactical interpretation, huh? :)

[ohstop]

No. That's silly.

[Drake14]

See a doctor about it