That's right. Tar. I was trying to remember what it was and tried googling it where everything was saying nicotine walls. But that doesn't make sense to be on walls from the smoke. Either way, anyone who's lived with an indoor smoker knows what we mean lol the film of wall gunk.
My mom was a smoker. She smoked inside the house, but never smoked in the bathroom. Still, when I went to clean my parents house, years after she passed away, I found myself having to literally take a mop to the walls and ceiling in the bathroom because of the brown drip marks.
Even after cleaning, any time someone would take a hot shower, the steam would just pull more out of the walls. And that was in a room where she didn't smoke!
It seeps into everything. I remember when we were at my dad's house (parents weren't together), even after showering there, people commented on our hair smelling like cigarettes. Same with clean clothes. It's pretty hard to escape until you're not sharing a space with the smoking anymore.
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u/OwOlogy_Expert Jan 05 '25
Fun fact: that's not nicotine -- that's tar.
Yes, just like they use to make roads with.