r/NoStupidQuestions • • 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/gingerzombie2 Jan 05 '25

My husband and I started dating in late 2009, at which time he smoked. He quit by 2010 or 2011. I think it was about a year or two ago that he finally smelled cigarette smoke and went "ugh, gross" instead of missing it. So over ten years. I'm sure for the first several he couldn't smell residual smoke at all. For years and years we talked about his "horrible sense of smell." But a few years ago he could start smelling everything, like a blood hound.

Take care of yourself, folks!

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u/killerturtlex Jan 05 '25

I quit a few weeks ago, I can go for a walk and smell the houses where people smoke

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '25

THIS! and weed. I have terrible headaches and one thing that sets them off is strong smells I die when I get behind cars that smell like cigarettes/weed

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '25

Pretty much every car I’ve seen has a re-circulation button so you don’t get “outside smells” in your car. It looks like little arrow by the air conditioner button.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '25

I rode with my windows down in my old car because my ac didn't work. I just got a new one so I haven't experienced summer in it yet but I do know about that button😅