Although smoking does not always affect scores on smell-tests, it is widely believed to reduce sensitivity. A recent study at the University of Pennsylvania suggests that, contrary to popular belief, blind people do not necessarily have a keener sense of smell than sighted people.
In American cuisine, ribs usually refers to barbecue pork ribs, or sometimes beef ribs, which are served with various barbecue sauces. They are served as a rack of meat which diners customarily tear apart by hand, then eat the meat from the bone.
Ribs have bones. That's why they're called ribs. And western-style is neither western nor a style. Typically, these things come from the loin end of the shoulder. More commonly known as country ribs, they have some loin meat, a la pork chops, and, depending on how they're cut, some blade meat. The reason you're having trouble is because of everything I just said. They're not clearly defined in the way that spareribs and rib tips and baby back ribs are.