I see this thread was started a long time ago. I will say that I grew up in a house where my mother smoked all the time, much to the dismay of my father, who was able to quit cold turkey. There was always a cigarette going while we were growing up. Didn't think much of it, because those days, a lot of people smoked. Then I got married and moved out and the first time I came back "home" I could hardly believe how much that house smelled!!! I guess my point is, smokers and people who live with smokers become so used to the smell they don't think the house or their clothes or anything smells. My mother, really, was a stink pot! (Of course we loved her anyway) Didn't know it when we were growing up, but after a time away and coming back in it was so obvious. When she passed, the house needed a thorough cleaning to get rid of the nicotine that had attached to almost everything. Just my thoughts.