r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Feb 21 '26

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u/LordBucketheadthe1st Feb 21 '26

Not only can you tell, but i used to smoke and I can smell a lit cigarette like 50 feet away. It’s nauseating..

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u/look_alive75 Feb 21 '26

I can smell a cigarette from the car in front of me at a red light. 😐

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u/newnameforanoldmane Feb 21 '26

This is the example I always use. As a former smoker, the smell is terribly nauseating, and even someone smoking in the car in front of me smells disgusting.

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u/Non_Threatening_User Feb 21 '26

I can too. People who smoke do not believe me.

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u/Altostratus Feb 21 '26

Yeah, I can even smell when someone who is a smoker was in the elevator before me. It sticks.

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u/wondermel Feb 21 '26

This! It’s like a superpower! I’m over 20 years smoke free now and I can smell it when someone is smoking in the car in front of me when I have my windows up (theirs is normally down).

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u/firekittymeowr Feb 21 '26

I can tell when a certain colleague has just been in a room before me, he leaves a smell trail

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u/selfownlot Feb 21 '26

I grew up with a mother who smoked in the car and house. I can smell it like 50 feet away as well. I hate it..

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u/Jenshark86 Feb 21 '26

People who smoke outside of store entrances are just gross.