[auggy]

"They scrubed the doors in the house numerous times to get all the black stuff off."

If, it was black, it wasn't cigarette smoke. At least, I have never seen a black residue caused by cigarettes.

Cigarettes leave a dirty yellow residue. It is nasty. We moved into this house 10 years ago. We vowed to never smoke in the house, just the garage. I am right now in the process of painting the inside of the garage. It is a dingy yellowed white.

[Gabz]

I am right now in the process of painting the inside of the garage.

Paint it orange.