Did anyone else's parents smoke in the house

I was born in the late 1950's, both parents smoked heavily and there were numerous ashtrays scattered around the house with various amounts of cigarette butts and ash in them, absolutely disgusting and I hated the smell from them. We didn't own a car but my father used to hire one whenever we went to visit my grandparents, who all lived 200+ miles away. They both used to smoke in the car as well, which always made me ill - my mum would bring a potty for me to be sick in. I must have reeked of stale smoke as well, although as most people in the 60's and 70's seemed to smoke it probably wasn't as noticeable as it would be today.
Additionally, because my father was a selfish, inconsiderate and impatient man, whenever we travelled to visit my grandparents in the hired car he would not stop at a service station or layby if I needed a wee, so I had to balance on the potty I had invariably already been sick in, on the back seat - no seatbelt - for a wee. It took me ages to relax enough to be able to do one!

Would you say the same about parents feeding their kids UPF and other crap though? They know it's full of sugar and other bad ingredients. But parents are still feeding them to kids now. People know it causes obesity and diabetes etc and generally aren't doing the kids any good. So are these people also pretty dim or too selfish to care?

I remember an occasion where my mum sent me down the village shop some time in the early 90's with a little shopping list, one of the items on the list was a pack of cigars for my grandpa for his birthday and the shop owners were horrified! They obviously refused to sell my any cigars, my mother was very put out as "obviously" they weren't for me!

Yes, pretty heavily. And in the car. This would have been the 80s/90s. Our living room was small and I can recall an aunt and uncle visiting who also smoked, and literally my eyes stinging and watering so badly I couldn't focus on my colouring in!
The only reason it stopped in the house was to prevent the paintwork yellowing and needing decorating more often.
My eyes are supersensitive (ocular rosacea since aged 18 or so). Not sure if there's a link.

Yes. Not just my parents either - grandparents would come round and smoke, and other relatives.

I remember visiting grandparents on Sundays and there would be 5 adults in a small front room all smoking, it was grim. I didn't know about the health implications then but hated the fact that my clothes stunk constantly.

@Clumsy12345 I think you are misremembering that scenario as it was illegal to sell cigarettes to children under the age of 16 from 1992.

But then maybe your corner shop just acted illegally.

My parents have never smoked but my auntie and uncle did in the house, and my grandad. Was very normal.

I can relate to this.

I remember colds, coughs and throat infections going on forever when I was a child. I'd be sniffing, congested and coughing for weeks and my parents would just say "what are you sniffing and barking (cough) for?" They didn't seem to make the connection.

I haven't lived in a smoke filled atmosphere for over 30 years now and things are better, but I still dread getting colds and any other respiratory infections as they go on for so long with me. Not sure my lung capacity is the best either, although I am fine most of the time.

My Dad died after the worsening of his COPD. My Mum also has COPD although she tried to hide it from my sister and I. However, I found out because she asked me to read some post to her which she couldn't decipher because of her badly deteriorating eyesight.

I'm just hoping that COPD is not too common in second hand smokers, because my sister and I had no choice over that.

Yes throughout the 70s and 80s even into the early 90s

It was quite normal back then.

Lambasting it as selfish is looking at it through todays eyes and just silly.

My dad was a heavy smoker. As kids we didn’t think anything of it ((1970s)

Born in the 60s to 2 ardent smokers. Everyone did it, all the time in homes, cars and even inside planes, at the back. I have to say that it didn't affect me in any way that I know of, and that because everyone did it, no one really noticed the smell either. Now, of course, I'm much more sensitive to smoke smells and hate them.

1970s and 1980s.

Both chain smokers in house and car. And, for about the first 5 years of my job, everyone chain smoked in the office too. Luckily, I never did.

Wonder how many I have passively smoked ….

Yes. 1980s. House and car. It made me feel sick all the time but in a way I'm grateful as it put me off smoking for life. I've never been tempted to have even so much as a single puff. Revolting habit (they both gave up by the time my youngest sibling was 5).

My mother smoked although I had asthma. This was the 60s onwards. Sure it didn’t help my condition.

Yes, 80's and 90's until long after I moved out. If you live in it you don't notice the smell, I didn't realise until I moved away for University and noticed the smell had permeated into all my fabrics/suitcase/duvet!

Really? She must have been on very good terms with the shopkeeper then because there were definitely strict rules about age limits around and had been for a long time. We're talking 2006 or 2007 so not the dark ages. I was born in the 80s and never heard of anyone being asked to buy fags for their parents because I'd assume they wouldn't be allowed to as too young.

My mum smoked while she was pregnant with me and throughout my childhood they both smoked constantly in the house and car. I always thought no harm done but recently have thought differently. I've realised that any time I get a cough or cold, I am ill for absolutely ages. This has always been the case. I always get really ill with respiratory viruses and take ages to get better. I was also absolutely terrible at pe as a child despite being a thin child who did all the usual swimming /ballet etc. I struggled hugely to keep up with the other kids when we were running round the playground. I'm convinced my lung capacity is poor because of all the passive smoking

Yes, both parents, but this was the 1970s and I don't think the damage done by passive smoking was widely known about then. My mum smoked and drank (though not heavily in either case) through pregnancy too. My dad smoked a pipe and once in a while (though rarely nowadays) I'll catch a whiff of pipe tobacco in a public place and feel all nostalgic. I don't remember the smoke ever being obnoxious, though it undoubtedly affected our respiratory health and I don't like the smell of smoke in public or on people now. I hate the smell of dope smoke worse though and that seems to be bloody everywhere, so I don't think much progrss has been made tbh.

Both my parents were chain smokers and they smoked in every room of the house,car also.
Most visitors smoked too...from early 70s

I couldn't do much visiting when I left home and had a baby

Exactly

I was born in the early 1960s.

Almost every adult smoked much of the time and wherever they wished, only some shops seemed to ban it.

Smoking on public transport, my mother used to get the long bus route into town as it meant she could have 2 cigarettes on it. I used to sit next to her and hold my breath as much as I could.

The idea they might smoke outside for my feelings wouldn't have entered their heads.

Their world seemed to revolve around tobacco and they both died early from it, as did many of my relatives.

Probably did me good in the long run, never smoked one cigarette.

Oh yes, and the moaning that the ceiling kept turning yellow "because they were too low' it wasn't until I had my own house with equally low ceilings I figured out the truth.

Yes, mine did. Virtually constantly. I was born in 1966, so I was growing up with it from then until the mid eighties when I left home. My mother even smoked throughout her pregnancies!

My Dad was a pipe smoker and my mother was a 40+ a day cigarette smoker. Windows in the house were rarely open and everything was nicotine and tar stained. They also smoked in the car, usually without opening the window in that either. 😲😠 Very much of the "our house/car so we'll do what we like" persuasion. Yes, much as I have always loved my parents, it was very selfish. My sister and I had no choice but to live with it.

My mother (now 89 and my only surviving parent) smoked right up until a bout of pneumonia almost killed her about two years ago. Now she vapes like mad and has daily nicotine patches.

My mother's house is now sooo much better to spend time in. Vapes may still be controversial, but this is about as far from cigarettes as we are ever likely to get her. I'll take her vaping any day over the thick cloud of smoke that always surrounded her.

It's shocking what they used to get away with. I don't miss that.

Same. Well my dad, not my mum.

my dad is the kindest and most unselfish individual anyone could ever come across. I suppose this is the power of addiction huh. My mum was also meticulous about having a clean house and while I don’t recall our house smelling I guess it must have.

He stopped smoking before we had kids which I am relieved about as there’s no way I’d have tolerated it around them.

Yes, we all had those (they tasted awful - just sweet nothingness). Then they took the red off the end and called them candy sticks 😂