What is it about tobacco that causes its smoke to seep into walls and linger when other burnt plant material does not (at least not nearly to the same degree)?

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Marijuana, smudging sage or cedar, paper, incense, etc have a pretty strong smell but they dissipate much faster than tobacco smoke especially cigar smoke

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Mostly, it’s frequency of use. I indulge in pipe tobacco and cigars, but not daily. The only time you can smell tobacco on me is the day I light up.

My wife and daughter use cannabis a couple or three times a day, and you can definitely smell it on them.

Use the other things you mentioned as frequently as one would cigarettes, and you would definitely have lingering odors.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Nicotine is a relative small & oily molecule that can diffuse through alot of stuff, including your skin.

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A lot of the time the ciggarette vs weed conversation boils down to scale. 99.99% of weed smokers don’t consume as much as the average cigarette smoker, so the effects are more pronounced. If you smoked cigarettes 3 times a week or once a day, your house wouldn’t smell either. But most cigarette smokers don’t just have one ciggy a day

Anonymous 0 Comments

Nicotine is a relative small & oily molecule that can diffuse through alot of stuff, including your skin.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Pipe tobacco doesn’t seem nearly as bad.

It doesn’t linger as long as cigarette smoke. Maybe it’s due to more natural compounds and less chemicals?

Anonymous 0 Comments

Pipe tobacco doesn’t seem nearly as bad.

It doesn’t linger as long as cigarette smoke. Maybe it’s due to more natural compounds and less chemicals?

Anonymous 0 Comments

Pipe tobacco doesn’t seem nearly as bad.

It doesn’t linger as long as cigarette smoke. Maybe it’s due to more natural compounds and less chemicals?

Anonymous 0 Comments

Nothing in particular, it’s just frequency. Smoking a joint or two a night will definitely stain your walls,/impart some smel/etc. Smoking 3-4 cigs an hour….well. you get the picture.

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Nothing in particular, it’s just frequency. Smoking a joint or two a night will definitely stain your walls,/impart some smel/etc. Smoking 3-4 cigs an hour….well. you get the picture.

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