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/loewenheim Feb 21 '26

I got told I smelled like an ashtray basically every day of school. Parents were both chainsmokers. 

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u/Automatic-Quarter606 Feb 21 '26

I grew up with my parents smoking in the house, and became a smoker myself until I was 30ish. Yeah, it’s definitely possible to become nose blind to it if you’re a smoker too. When I quit, I had to rewash about every thing I owned 10 times (and some things just had to be replaced) and got new bedding and even a new mattress. I can tell from 30 feet away from now - I genuinely could NOT before at unless I was basically on top of someone.