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by Geez
on Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:19 am |
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I smoke in my home, and I have a young child. I recently overheard another child at his daycare remark that he didn't want to play with my son because he stinks. I tried to talk to my anti-smoking sister about it, but no sympathy there. She said as long as I smoked in the house, he would smell. She said it was an issue she struggled with growing up with our smoking parents- that she would take great measures to make sure her clothes and room didn't smell. I guess I didn't really care about this as much as her growing up in the same house, same schools. Kids would ask me, "your parents smoke, don't they?" but I guess I never really thought that people were treating me badly because of it. That was 20 years ago, however. Is it much worse today in the schools? What can I do (other than the obvious - quit, or not smoke in the house- I don't think I can accomplish either right now.)?
I think I can take greater steps to limit things, but will it help? What about the whole intolerance issue? |
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by Slearwig
on Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:47 am |
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I can't explain it myself. Only once in my life have I had anyone back away from me for smelling of smoke and that was a dentist, otherwise I remember my Father's Chesterfields occassionally ended up on the towels or hair, probably when they were damp.
I think this song sums it up very well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuc-YY5-yPs |
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by crackerjack
on Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:42 pm |
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I have 4 kids and I don't smoke in front of them or even in the same room. I have a comfortable table and chair outside where I do all my smoking. Two reason. One I don't want them to smoke ever and two with 4 kids in the house going outside to smoke is the only peace and quite I get.
When I light up a smoke or my pipe everybody leaves me the hell alone. |
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by garhkal
on Wed Sep 09, 2009 4:49 pm |
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| Febreese works wonders on the clothes, and so do air refreshers. You might also think to have their room with one of those air purifiers in. |
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by gilster
on Thu Sep 10, 2009 5:37 am |
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The perfumy stuff - Fabreeze - just covers up the smell - you end up with Fabreeze-smoke
I've used ZeroSmoke and Nok Out, both work very well - and can be used on clothing.
Try to smoke in one part of the house - away from your kid's stuff - that could help too.
My home office - where I smoke a lot - has most of my clothes in the room - I move my work clothes to another part of the house to eliminate the lingering smell.
Watch those air ionizers - they aren't very healthy and can damage lungs. |
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by activist0000
on Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:51 pm |
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gilster wrote: The perfumy stuff - Fabreeze - just covers up the smell - you end up with Fabreeze-smoke
I've used ZeroSmoke and Nok Out, both work very well - and can be used on clothing.
Febreeze is good, but it can leave a sticky residue on carpeting and drapes. The Zero Odor doesn't seem to leave as much residue, if any.
Here's a link to the Zero Odor Web site.
http://www.zeroodor.com/ |
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