What do you have left in your home that still stinks of smoke?

[Traijan]

We moved out of our home last Sept, and had quit smoking (after 10 years of smoking in the house) earlier that year.

When we first got to our new home of course most things still stunk like stale cigarettes, clothing, furniture etc, so we got to work washing down what furniture we could and washing all clothing etc.

I thought our new home was finally smoke stink free until 2 nights ago.

I was making dinner and I needed to pound some chicken so I grabbed some freezer paper out of the kitchen drawer (that we've had for at least 7 years) and it was right at the end of the roll and got a major wiff of stale cigarette stink. Strange I hadn't noticed it when the roll was still full but that last 2 feet or so stunk so so bad.

There may be other stuff in the new house that I'll find in the future but so far after washing everything down 10 or so months ago the freezer paper has been the only thing so far that surprised me with it's stink.

What about you, are you still finding things around your home that smell of stale cigarettes in places that you would least expect it?

 

[Steelgirl]

Ugh, that smell !! I bet it woke you up, eh ? Nothing in my house smells any longer but I can guarantee there is still tar on many surfaces, like painted walls, mini blinds, etc. no smell tho. I rearranged my garage a few months ago and found a lot of ashes and even a few butts, from many moons ago. I used to smoke in my garage, til my son flew the nest, then I said "screw it, it's MY house" lol !! Smoked in it for a few years before finding vaping.

 

[dbrandt01]

Luckily nothing. I never smoked in the house, so that was never a problem. I didn't smoke in the car either.
My clothes seem to smell fine as well.

 

[Oregon Linda]

I never smoked in my house, but it took forever to get the stink out of my vehicle. Years!

 

[pennysmalls]

I never smoked in my house but smoked in my car for 11 years. My hubs is driving that car now and says it doesn't smell like smoke! It's so baffling that the smell is gone.

 

[TX Foilhead]

A pack of cigs. I didn't smoke in the house so no smell in there. I've had 2 out of that pack since Feb 2. I'll probably have another one sometime before Labor Day to make sure they still stink and don't taste any better than I remembered.

 

[jseah]

I never smoked in the house, so the only thing that smells like smoke is the fur around the hood of my winter coat. The zipper broke this winter so I won't be wearing that coat any more anyways.

 

[WonderDude32]

I never smoked in the house because of my daughter but I did put on an old sport coat 2 months ago and found an empty pack of cigarettes in the interior pocket. Baseball caps hold the smell for a long time even after washing them.

 

[Ryedan]

I also didn't smoke in the house but I did in my car for a few years. I don't think it smells anymore after 3+ years of vaping but I did smoke for 37 years and my sense of smell might not be all that great now.

OTOH, I sure know it when the dog farts. Silent, but oh so deadly

 

[Belhade]

My wife.

 

[Ou2mame]

My wife.

Haha that's too funny. Me and my gf both quit, but she smokes a cig every few weeks. I haven't touched one since i started vaping in Jan. I smoked in my apt for a few years, but most of my furniture is leather and I clean and condition it every 6 months or so and luckily there hasn't been a lingering smell. My car was horrible after i quit and my sense of smell came back, but I got another car from a non smoker and its much better. I miss the audi but I'm happy with my clean smelling volvo.

 

[Papillon61]

My husband.... I don't think I can throw him out with the thrash.

 

[Rixsta]

I never smoked in my house, but it took forever to get the stink out of my vehicle. Years!

Same same ! I much prefer to clean VG off the windows than the yellow tobacco film, ewww, why did we ever do that to ourselves hey.

 

[Rixsta]

My husband.... I don't think I can throw him out with the thrash.

You haven't managed to turn him to the vape side yet..?

 

[Rixsta]

My wife.

Another one, this kinda makes me feel lucky because I got my wife off the stinky's and now we both vape, it's a thing we share together, we make our own juice, I really enjoy it and ....I think I'm verging on a gush fest so I'll stop there..
There is a downside though, where have all my coils gone, ahhh, somebody has moved them to their vaping corner or they are sitting in someones tanks, "sighs", there is always a negative to everything

 

[Papillon61]

You haven't managed to turn him to the vape side yet..?

Nope - and it's not from lack of trying. I even bought him his own kit when I first bought mine but it just didn't take off with him. My hubby is a creature of habit - it is practically impossible to make him change his ways in just about everything.

 

[Rixsta]

Nope - and it's not from lack of trying. I even bought him his own kit when I first bought mine but it just didn't take off with. My hubby is a creature of habit - it is practically impossible to make him change his ways in just about everything.

That is a shame, he doesn't know what he is missing. We are all different and I never judge people, I just hope one day he might try vaping again..

 

[Bunnykiller]

still live in the same house... its there, I just dont smell it tho. But I can smell another smoker from quite a distance tho... Im still amazed at how quickly I notice that "arouma" from such distances

 

[sonicbomb]

My wife.

 

[MaenadMoogle]

I never smoked in my house, but one of the first things I did when I quit the analogs was to diy detail my car. . . my theory was, if my car smelled great and was clean, I'd be less likely to have a smoke in it. It was DISGUSTING to realize the yellow film on the windows was from smoking.

I love the fact that when I get in my car now, there is never ash anywhere and instead of smelling like smoke it usually has a faint smell of strawberry kiwi from me vaping.