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Well, you didn't really say whether the smoke was from the exhaust or from under the hood...Does it run a little rough now? I did a full tune up on a car a few years ago, and I didn't notice that I had a little too much slack in one of the new plug wires, and that baby burned up pretty bad on the exhaust manifold. The car smoked (under the hood) and then stopped smoking because the wire had burned through, but it was a hidden wire and I didn't notice it.
Probably not even close to your problem, but something I thought of.
Watch the video, coming right out the tailpipe. Looks a lot like what I am seeing as well. Mine sure doesn't smell like coolant. (that is rather distinctive.....) If it just smokes at startup, and not every time, chances are it is just valve seals.