nicotine stains
Yellow finger patches
Nicotine stains are the yellowish-brown discolorations left by tobacco smoke on surfaces—teeth, fingers, walls, ceilings.
Heavy smokers develop telltale staining on the fingers that hold cigarettes.
The term sometimes appears figuratively to suggest seediness or long-term neglect: a motel room with nicotine stains on the curtains.
- yellowHue between green and orange
- tobaccoDried smoking leaf
- tarFile bundling utility
- fingersAppendages of the hand
- chain smokerContinuous tobacco user
teeth · discoloration · smoke · secondhand smoke · cigarette · pack a day · ashtray · residue · walls · ceiling · brown · grime · dingy · deep cleaning · stale · smell · breath · dentist
- discolorationdiscoloration, spots, spot, blotch, blotches
- smoking harmslung cancer, emphysema, COPD, smoker's cough, chronic bronchitis
- yellowingbrowning, foxing