# Attention smokers: everything in your house is ruined.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-smokers-everything-in-your-house-is-ruined/686471>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [April 19, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-smokers-everything-in-your-house-is-ruined/686471 "2014-04-19T04:43:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2014, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-smokers-everything-in-your-house-is-ruined/686471/241 "2014-04-26T19:42:57Z")

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> [@armedmonkey](#):
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> There is no fundamental difference between “Everybody” and “Everybody I’ve met”.

This is _China_ you’re talking about. A country with 1.36 billion citizens. You really think **Monty** met anywhere close to all of them?

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**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\
**Post date:** [April 27, 2014, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attention-smokers-everything-in-your-house-is-ruined/686471/242 "2014-04-27T14:28:27Z")

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A very weak solution of amonia and water ( windex) will disolve the tar and nicotine on contact. Not at all hard to clean. The problem is that it coats everything. I have always washed down the walls in a smokers house before painting but nothing even remotely like gutting a house.

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