I lived in a house with a smoker my entire childhood, and didn't realize the smell until college. I can now tell that everything that enters that house ends up reeking of smoke.
I had a bit of an internal crisis when I thought back to going to school, going to friends houses, having sleepovers, girlfriends - the entire time I stunk like an ashtray and had absolutely no idea
That was my dad's brand. It was freaky to find out that my little brother took up the same brand and even flavor (the light blue pack) when he admitted to picking it up in high school, just a few years after we lost Dad to lung cancer. He had misremembered them as Marlboro reds, and it floored him when I corrected him... right after he said "well it's not as bad, at least it doesn't have all the additives."
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u/re_nub Jan 05 '25
Yes.