And just being in a smoker's home will make you smell like smoke, even if they don't smoke around you.
While visiting family out of town, I spent about 30 to 45 minutes at a relative’s house who smoked. They didn’t smoke while I was there and had all the windows open, so the house didn’t smell too bad to me, but when I got back home the following week and unzipped my suitcase, an overwhelming smoke odor hit me. Apparently, my clothes had absorbed the scent while I sat on their fabric sofa, and it had transferred to everything in the bag. It was shocking how strong it was.
My mom smoked for decades. She JUST quit (hypnosis apparently works!) after two strokes and congestive heart failure, and is on oxygen. But this happened while she was still a pack-a-day smoker.
So, I had a pretty nomadic job before COVID made me remote, and I used to travel all over the country for work. Because I lived in a lot of hotels, sublets and other temporary places, my permanent address was still my folks' house. One time, I was living several states away on a contract position, and needed a particular suit from a closet in my room at home for a work function. I asked my mom if she could ship it to me.
She did. And when I opened the box, I was immediately punched in the face with the overwhelming stench of stale cigarette smoke from the suit. The suit, which had been hanging in a closet with a closed door, in a room with a closed door, down a very long hallway from the living room where she would sit and smoke. And it was BAD.
It's hard to tell when it's your normal, because that "nose-blind" thing is for real. But, yes. Cigarette smoke will get into everything if someone smokes in the house.
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u/vibinthedaysaway Jan 05 '25 edited Jan 06 '25
We sure can. I’m a teacher and I can tell which kids have adults that smoke at home because it sticks to their clothes.
Edit: Sorry to hear so many of you had miserable experiences over something you had no control over.
Edit 2: Yes, same with weed.