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    Before the 1990s, it was cigarettes all the way down.

    1980s - cigarettes and hair spray.

    70s - cigarettes and alternating body odor and heavy cologne/perfume.

    60s - cigarettes and canned food.

    50s - cigarettes and gasoline.

    40s - cigarettes and either gunpowder or a machine shop.

    30s - cigarettes and dust.

    20s - cigarettes and bootleg whiskey

    10s - cigarettes and bloody mud

    1900-1909 - cigarettes and horse shit in the street.

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      The banning of cigarettes in bars and restaurants made a huge difference. It used to be when you’d get into the shower the morning after going out, you’d reek of cigarettes. It was mind-blowing when that went away.

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        For real, the first time I went to a bar in a county that had banned smoking indoors was amazing. My clothes (and by extension, my dorm room) no longer reeked when I got home. Going out to dinner at any restaurant prior to that point just meant that all my food smelled like cigarettes, regardless of sitting in the non smoking area. I can’t believe it took so goddamn long to ban it indoors.

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        I remember when our family would go bowling, my parents made us all change our clothes as soon as we got home because of the cigarette reek. I’m so glad those days are gone.

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      Grew up in the 90s, parents loved going to casinos, didn’t miss out on the cigarettes experience.

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      Was a kid in the 80’s. I hated the smell of smoke and it irritated my eyes. That is a large part of why my grandparents quit. I’m probably why my parents didn’t smoke.

      I associate the smell of tobacco with my grandparents. Yet for all the fact i hated it at the time because it overpowered everything? I opened up one of those tobacco smelling candles and… It’s stupid i suppose but I was crying for a little bit.

      Also in the 1800’s you’d have tobacco smoke, but not the industrial scale of cigarettes.

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        My family smoked like chimneys, 1/2 died from cancer, 1/2 died from emphysema.

        You only need to watch one person die from emphysema to decide to never smoke.

        Bonus: One great great grandma died from emphysema and never smoked a day in her life… she was a fry cook for 40 years. :(

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        I’m totally with you on hating cigarettes but pure tobacco smoke doesn’t smell terrible IMO

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      I was born in the 80’s and all those gave me nostalgia.

      Especially the horse shit. Mm. Rode a lot as a kid, and cleaned stables.

      cigarettes and horse shit in the street.

      In my memory that’s when I was about 7-9, rode horses. Dad smoked a lot.

      cigarettes and bloody mud

      That’s when I was in the army. We smoked a lot.

      20s - cigarettes and bootleg whiskey

      Dad also drank quite a bit.

      cigarettes and dust.

      15-16, driving mopeds and 125cc’s on dusty roads.

      cigarettes and either gunpowder or a machine shop.

      That’s the army again

      cigarettes and gasoline.

      Mopeds again

      cigarettes and canned food.

      Student times, lots of tuna and spaghetti and indoor smoking.

      1980s - cigarettes and hair spray.

      70s - cigarettes and alternating body odor and heavy cologne/perfume.

      Mom used a ton of hairspray and dad had a really strong cologne.

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    Everything everywhere before the 2000s smelt like cigarettes and old smoke, it was rancid a fuck.

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        LOL 2000s was what I typed first, then I remembered Leslie Knope remarking about Tommy Haverford being surrounded by “a dense cloud of Axe body spray” which was like in 2011 or 12. I figured he would be using whatever was trending.

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    The 2000s smelled like new tech plastic, the static from CRTs, microwave dinners, pump hand soap, and grass.

    2010s smelled like hibiscus, then beach sand, then sickly sweet and rubbing alcohol.

    ETA: Gas fumes were also part of the ‘00s

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    No, the 1990s didn’t smell of sex and candy. It smelled of a banking crisis and a box of 3.5" floppies.