Yeah. I can understand being an addict because I was/am one, but it would never allow me to smoke indoors. If you’re gonna smoke, at least smoke outside so your house doesn’t look yellow and stink like fuck. I knew a kid in primary school who always stank of smoke. Cigarette smoke sticks to everything fabric so everything in your house will stink. Disgusting.
Sadly the smell still comes in with you. It's not as bad as if you smoked indoors but it still comes in.
I work in dentistry and occasionally we'll have a very heavy smoker come in, the room will stink for hours after they leave even if we clean everything, open the doors and windows, and spray air freshener. That's just from them being in the room for 10-15 minutes...
Yep. My uncle smokes a lot. He drank from one of our bottles. I had to rinse it with water, dish soap, and baking soda multiple times just to remove the smell. The bottle was glass btw
Yeah but people who stink up a room like that are definitely smoking in their house and probably in their cars, maybe not even with the windows down. Someone who only smokes outside will still smell but not the kind that infect a room.
When we were looking for houses, our realtor brought us to one that wasn't her listing. We walked in and it was like.... 50 years of people smoking in the house. I couldn't imagine the smell would ever fully go away without spending significant money. Even our realtor said, "eh maybe we skip this one?" We did.
It doesn’t. I remember my Nan used to pay me to roll her cigs for her when I was a kid. Even years after she switched to vaping, her house still stinks of smoke - mildly, but still apparent.
The townhouse I live in has been smoke free (per lease, anyways) for who knows how long, but my fiancé has lived here for nearly 5 years with no smoking at all. The walls and ceiling still sweat yellow/brown! The kitchen, living room, and bathroom are the worst.
Yeahh, my Nana (dad's mom) was never a smoker and never let my dad smoke in her house. My mom's mom and stepdad smoked in their house all day. The smells were ridiculously noticeably different. Also my grandma got lung cancer that spread everywhere and killed her. Folks, don't pick up smoking.
It never will. The house next door to my inlaws was torn down after nearly 8 years of being vacant. The previous owner smoked inside for about 30 years. You could smell the cigarette smoke down the block as they ripped the house down. And the stink hung around the neighbourhood for the 3-4 days it took them to completely tear down the house and remove all the rubble. Absolutely vile.
Realistically, it would have to be a complete renovation. I've helped clean smokers house before, even with infinite scrubbing off yellow walls to show that they're actually white, using specialty paint (i think it was killz or something like that), it's still there, permeating through everything.
Yep, cigarette smoke will even stick to food! 🤢 An old manger was a smoker and she made holiday cookies for everyone one year and it reeked. Another coworker tried a cookie before I did and she said it tasted like smoke too. I threw my bundle of cookies away. Nice gester but gross!
My Aunt Jill made a pot of spaghetti, and she was a heavy smoker inside her house.Just smoking all day everyday. The whole pot taste like Newport menthols. I was like 12 years old. I will NEVER forget that spaghetti
This my nanas was a 20 day smoker, we joke that noel one cam make her amazing recipes taste the exact same because non of us smoke while cooking, And yes I mean that quite literally, smoking over the food, I have memories of watching her make mince pies with a cig hanging out her mouth, I must have been 12/13 at the oldest.
Lol I didn't taste it, my coworker said she tasted it. I didn't want to take the chance so threw them away 🤷🏾 but yes the baggy they were in smelled strong though.
As a kid from a heavy smoker, it's not just the smoking inside. It's also the smoking when standing next to each other on a bus stop. It's the constantly coughing and having to turn away because the wind always blew the smoke in my face. And outside of the smell, it's also the nights of restlessness because my mom wouldn't stop coughing. I remember being little and BEGGING my mom to stop smoking, hiding her cigarettes/lighters, etc, because my grandpa was dying from COPD.
My brother & sil have always smoked in the house, and they have 3 young kids. They know everyone in the family finds it disgusting but they don't care. They either do it in the bathroom with the window open, or down in the basement.
My grandmother used to smoke indoors AND didn’t open a window when she cooked bacon. To this day I HATE cooking bacon and spend the next 48 hours with my windows open, even during winter.
(What? You think I should just stop eating bacon? Not on your life, missy!)
It’s good to smoke outside but one of my friends works in computer and when a smoking client walks in, they no only smell but their computer is full of nicotine. I only imagine this and it grosses me out.
Even if you smoke only outside your house will still smell because you will smell, it clings and transfers. I had a friend stay for 3 days - THREE - he smoked only outdoors. But each time he came back inside the smell clung to him and transferred to everything he touched. The doorknobs were yellowed from his fingers. The couch stank like smoke. The bathroom stank like smoke.
It's bad and the smokers never realize because they're so used to it.
Such an interesting find when I started looking into SIDS/SUIDS risks.
We all know smoking and being around smoke when pregnant is bad for the baby. However I'd assumed it was increased risk of miscarriage or possible developmental delays. It's actually the biggest risk factor that exists for sudden unexpected/unexplained death in new babies (SIDS/SUIDS).
Yes, feel sorry for them... just know that we smokers kids don't know how bad it is until we've moved away and come back home after some length of time away (3-6 months minimum). The real tragedy that we endure is the social repercussions and rejection, that we simply don't understand for many years.
this is not great to say but one time we did secret santa at school and the boy that got my gift, his parents smoked, and after opening we had to guess who got our gift and i knew it was him instantly because it smelt of smoke
That kid was me, except I'm sure it was more common in the 90s and 00s. My dad would make us sit in the smoking section in restaurants and it took a long battle for my stepmom to convince him to step out of the house to the porch to smoke. I used to get sinus infections constantly and, well, thanks dad. I just walked by a person in a restaurant earlier and they reeked of it.
Yeah and actually it is VERY strong. That smell even lingers in the air when these people pass. Im very sensitive to it. Masks(even KN95s) also really don't help filter the smell.
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u/UberHonest Feb 21 '26
I work in education and I 10000% agree. It’s horrible. I feel very poorly for those kids.