Will incense affect other players near me?

Incense: "Incense with a mysterious fragrance that lures wild Pokémon to your location for 30 minutes."

I have observed that if a Pokémon appears for me at a given time and location it will also appear for others nearby. Does this mean that if one person in a group uses incense that it will help others in the group as well?

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Regular incense does not affect other players. You can use a Lure Module and attach it to a PokéStop. It does affect other players.

Lure modules attract Pokemon to the PokéStop it was activated on. These Pokemon are visible to you and everyone else near the PokéStop.

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Incense only works for the player who uses the Incense, others don't see the pokemons spawned by it. A Lure module however will spawn pokemon at a poke stop that all players will see.

I often walk with friends and we use incense all the time, and we do all see the same (amount) of pokémon appear.

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Works on self only. Any extra Pokemon you encounter if you didn't use an incense yourself is purely coincidental .

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Usually with those If another nearby player is using it you are able to use it as well.

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