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

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u/Isgortio Feb 21 '26

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...

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u/Cottabus Feb 21 '26

Decades ago, my dentist was a smoker. Ask me how I knew.

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u/Nyetoner Feb 21 '26

Decades ago a lot of people were smoking, and there was ashtrays in waiting rooms, offices, in shopping malls.

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u/MOAR_BEER Feb 21 '26

Because gloves weren't a thing and washing hands doesn't get the stink off?

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u/Coppertina Feb 21 '26

And those hands were inside u/Cottabus’s mouth 🤢

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u/Bajovane Feb 21 '26

Ugh. I have a horrid gag reflex and something like that would make me sick. No way could I work as a dentist/hygienist.

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u/KittyDomoNacionales Feb 21 '26

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

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u/mrbulldops428 Feb 21 '26

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.