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Has it being sitting for an extended period, several weeks/months?

Did you drive for +30 minutes/10 miles to get engine temperature and if so is that smoking from after a long drive or just a driveway start up? Periodic short start up and shut down won’t do much to burn off condensate.

In your video, the smoke doesn’t appear as a heavy oil billow and seems to dissipate quick.
Does it smell of engine oil or gasoline (leaky injector) ?

Could simply be condensation in either the gasoline or the oil (from sitting), not seeing much in the way of the tailpipe dripping water like on cold mornings which can exaggerate the visuals of some bad gas or contamination in the oil.

Commonly, worn valve guides will allow some oil seepage (over time from sitting) into the cylinder(s) and this sort of event usually burns off after 5 minutes or so after start up and idling, assuming the oil level was never overfilled.

For what it worth, driving for 30 minute jaunt in winter isn’t a bad idea provided not salt or brine laden puddles are on the road, it allows any oil condensation that naturally occurs in ambient temp swings to burn off.
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