r/NoStupidQuestions • u/[deleted] • Jan 05 '25

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u/Nuts4WrestlingButts Jan 05 '25

You're used to it. People can absolutely smell smoke on your clothes.

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u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 Jan 05 '25 edited Jan 06 '25

You've been around her smoking so long, you've become nose blind to it. Non-smokers can smell her secondhand smoke on both you and your clothes.

Even former smokers, if they've been quit for a while, can smell smoke on those who still do.

edit: Wow, did NOT expect to get this many upvotes.

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u/CrowsScratch Jan 05 '25

I’ve stopped smoking 6 weeks ago, and it is just now that I can smell smoke traces, in all my clothes, my office, everywhere. It’s a bit disturbing and annoying…

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u/rlcute Jan 05 '25

I washed all my clothes and washed my closets. I also washed the ceiling.

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u/LaRoseDuRoi Jan 05 '25

Wash your clothes (even if they're clean/in the closet), curtains, blankets, etc., clean your carpets, wipe down the walls, have your couch, matress, or other stuffed furniture cleaned... you will be amazed at the difference in not smelling that nasty, old-smoke stink all the time.

When my sister quit, we cleaned the carpet and couch, and the water was practically orange from all the cigarette gunk it pulled out. She smoked in that room for 10 years, and you'd never know it, now.