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So when I go house hunting, I can get a better deal?

I doubt it, at least from my experience. We got exactly what we wanted when we sold our house earlier this year, and it was more than the identical mostly recently sold house in the community that was not owned by smokers.

I'm glad I have hardwood floors throughout most of my house. Only carpet in one bedroom.

Personally, I don't know anyone who buys an existing home and doesn't repaint the inside as soon as they move in.

Let the non-smokers have their fun now. Before long the FDA will get full regulatory control over tobacco and completely outlaw it...then there will be 50 states looking to the non-smokers to make up the billions in lost tax revenue. Maybe then they will think about how stupid it was to demonize people who were carrying a good part of the load for so long.

This is nonsense, unless the sellers these people are talking about don't want a good return on their investment, smokers or not. No one wants to buy a house where the former owner was obviously a pig who never cleaned up, be it smoke, trash, dirt or dog s**t.

Since we have built a new home and are not independently wealthy, we are going to sell our house in the city. Why in the hell would I not re-paint, re-carpet, and even remodel the kitchen to bring the house up to date so I can get more for it? Everyone I know does that if they have lived there for more than five or six years. You do it before you even begin showing the property. A newly painted, carpeted, tiled house smells just like a brand new house-like chemicals, glue, paint, etc. I'm in the construction business, and believe me, I have done a lot of remodels on homes about to be sold. The owner does it because he wants top dollar, not because he is a smoker, drinker, gun owner or pet owner. It is just good business. This is just more whining from the people who want to control every aspect of everyone's life.