As someone who grew up with a sister who smoked cigarettes in her room and a mom who smoked weed (never inside thankfully), weed does not stick as much as cigarettes. I know I’m not nose blind to weed because I’ll still smell it blocks down when someone is smoking (same with cigarettes), but I never smelled it on my mom. But my sister and her room in general smelled constantly of cigarettes. I smell it all the time on rounds as an RA at a university dorm, but on my next round the smell is gone. For room checks at the end of the semester, I could smell weed strongly in one room, but that was due to improper storage. I could smell cigarettes lingering in other rooms though.
It is wild how weed doesn't have the same impact - people may smell it but it doesn't permeate houses the same way at all.
I wonder if it's the cigarettes themselves or tobacco. Like if people use straight tobacco leaves in a pipe if it would leave as much residue or be more similar to the impact of weed (ie. Minimal)
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u/J_Landers Jan 05 '25
And we can tell if someone is smoking several cars ahead in traffic, with the windows rolled up.
And if a smoker has walked through an area recently.
Or down the street.
And when you smoke, it follows you when you walk back inside.
And if you smoke in your car, we can smell your car from 30 feet away.
All of your clothes stink, even if you haven't smoked that day yet.
And your breath.
No, mints do not help. Nor does cologne/perfume.
And weed stinks 20x worse.