RE: SMOKING and PEEING out of your stand does NOT affect your hunt!!!
People make a bigger issue out of smoking than should be - as far as deer are concerned. I quit a few years back - and hope if affords me a few extra years of deer hunting in the end!
Greg H said it - its about the wind.
I think I killed more deer when I smoked than the last few years when I have not! Honestly - when I smoked I was ALWAYS very aware of what the wind was REALLY doing. I think Now - sometimes - I think I know what the wind is doing - when I really do not.
FH