I smoke and occasionally i will put a cap fo bleach in a cup of water to remove the stains from my hands. i then follow with regular hand soap.
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Lemon and sugar scrub! (Or salt, but if you have any paper cuts or broken skin, it'll burn!)

Dip one quarter of a lemon in sugar, use it like a sponge. The lemon will work to lighten the skin while the sugar exfoliates, getting rid of the old dead skin.

Do this a few nights a week and you'll see the results! Oh, and it's cheap!
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Lots of good advice on removing here, but let me just add some advice on avoiding the stains.
Just from personal experience... It's all about how you hold the smoke, if you release the smoke momentarily when your sucking back most of the crap is released through holes in the filter and that contributes the staining of your fingers. When your just holding a lit cigarette try holding it with your thumb and middle finger instead of your index and middle finger. It points the smoke upwards and not back and upward into your hand, works wonders, you should never have to worry about stains again.
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Using a holder a 'la Audrey Hepburn is the only way to "prevent".
To remove, you can rub with lime (lemon) everyday. Don't rub too hard. Just cut a lemon in half, and rub using that.
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I don't know the answer, and this is not quitting as you are still getting your nicotine, which I thought was the addictive part of smoking but I have some maybe interesting questions and it looks like a possible alternative to smoking using burning materials. I just found one example of each as a start to a maybe interesting line of questioning, maybe someone else can really research it further if interested in trying to find the answers. SEE BELOW:
If the following is true:

"The chemicals that cause cancer are mainly in the tar."
http://www.ehealthmd.com/library/smoking/SMO_cigarettes.html

Then if you use a cigarette substitute like this where there
is nicotine, but it looks like there is no tar...

"Only a harmless vapor is emitted."
http://www.supercig.com/

Could that eliminate the cancer problem as well as the stained fingers and cleaning them and worry about possible damage from the cleaning agents?
Just asking - that would be bonus if it worked I would think, and .....

Would that also eliminate possible long-term problems with cleaning agents? see below....
Mahalo Page on Contact Dermatitis http://www.mahalo.com/Contact_Dermatitis Dangerous Chemicals in Your Closet
Bleach, acids and alkaline-based products can injure as they clean.
By Mohamud Daya, M.D., and David B. Chandler, PhD.
http://www.erschools.com/userfiles/file/old%20site/facilities/maintenance/Archives/Dangerous%20Chemicals%20in%20Your%20Closet.htm

They say lemon juice can lighten dark spots on the skin but does it make all your skin on your hands lighter? Could that become a problem for everyone or only if you have darker skintone to start with? Is it reversible if it lightens your skin ? ...

Dark spots of the skin
http://peterson-md.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-spots.html

Creative Commons by Todd Baker

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http://www.ehealthmd.com/library/smoking/SMO_cigarettes.html http://www.supercig.com/ http://www.erschools.com/userfiles/file/old%20site/facilities/maintenance/A... http://peterson-md.blogspot.com/2008/07/dark-spots.html
http://www.mahalo.com/Contact_Dermatitis

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In the winter, when it is cold, couldn't you wear a thin pair of gloves? Assuming if you are at work, you'd be taking your smoke break outside anyway, and most parts of the country gloves are a good idea this time of year...
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Hello there. I recommend you use LAVA SOAP. That stuff is great, and you'll be amazed at how long it lasts and how many things you can use it for. I used to be a recreational oil painter in college and I managed to get those toxic paints all over my body. I tried everything to get it off -- nut to no avail. That is until I discovered LAVA soap. Not only did it take the oil paint off, but it takes hair dye off from both the salon and the fake dye boxes.

Oh yes, and I suggest you get the bar soap so you can really get the pumice to work. I have dry, sensitive skin, but LAVA soap has never caused me any irritations.

You can get LAVA at any art store. But I am going to dig some links up for you as well. I feel certain nicotine stains will come out if oil paint and hair dye will......

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JUST FOR FUN: http://www.old-time.com/commercials/1940%27s/L-A-V-A.htm

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