For Sale: Fake Cigarette Smell

I applaud the ban on smoking in bars. But to some people, coffee and cigarettes are the peanut butter-and-jelly of adult living.

Rain Showtechniek, a Dutch company, now sells fake cigarette smells to Dutch bars and cafes.

"People find that smells such as Mocha coffee, Havana cigars or cigarettes can be about good moods and different ideas of living well,” company spokesman Erwin van den Bergh tells Britain’s Daily Telegraph.

Nevertheless, there’s another good reason for cigarette smells: “To mask the sweat and other unpleasant smells like stale Beer,” van den Bergh says.

The best part about fake cigarette smells: They don’t cause cancer

No word yet on weather menthol is available.

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