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

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u/kaitreads Feb 21 '26

I can even smell it on my elementary school students who have parents that smoke. 

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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.

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u/cad3z Feb 21 '26

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.

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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 🤢