# Locked in a room with someone who smokes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-in-a-room-with-someone-who-smokes/699034>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 20, 2014, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-in-a-room-with-someone-who-smokes/699034 "2014-09-20T19:13:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-in-a-room-with-someone-who-smokes/699034/41 "2014-09-22T20:36:51Z")

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> [@Clothahump](#):
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> This. There would be no smoking in that room at all.

I would almost take up smoking for the length of this test just to prove you wrong. I would smoke. 😛  
OOPS, I just made an absolute statement.  
Well, if we both had the same weapons, I’ll stand behind my statement… 😃

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/locked-in-a-room-with-someone-who-smokes/699034/42 "2014-09-22T22:05:40Z")

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> [@typoink](#):
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> Pipe, in a heartbeat. Cigars are intense and room-filling and can make me feel actively nauseated at times. My experience is that most pipe smoke isn’t like that at all, and has a spicier, more incense-y effect. Might depend on the size of the room, but I’ve been around pipe smokers and never even thought to complain or leave the room.
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> Cigarettes are milder, but it’s a mild unpleasant scent, whereas I find pipes more like a strong neutral-to-pleasant scent.

> [@zoid](#):
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> Pipe. It’s more aromatic and less astringent to me.  
> Plus cigarette smokers sometimes chain smoke enough to fill the room and a cigar can take a good long time to smoke.

These, definitely. Pipes actually smell good sometimes. I wouldn’t actually smoke one due to the health risks, but I can stand someone smoking one nearby without freaking out.

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