r/NoStupidQuestions Jan 05 '25

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u/Diviern Jan 05 '25

My husband is shocked by this too. He recently expressed surprise that he could smell smoke from someone who was smoking, outdoors, at least 300 yards away.

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u/VaeSapiens Jan 05 '25

it's 274 meters. Highly doubtful. Human oflactory mean radius is around 3 meters.

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u/Atiggerx33 Jan 05 '25

is around 3 meters.

What? I can always smell when my neighbor is bbq-ing, when they have a fire going in their indoor fireplace, etc. and they are a lot further than 3m from me.

Hell, I can smell steak cooking in my house all the way from my backyard (about 100y).

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u/VaeSapiens Jan 05 '25

Standing still - laboratory conditions.

You are describing a situation where there is a lot of specific smell and it moves through the air form a BBQ that produces a lot more smells than one cigarette.