People who drink don't carry around that constant stench that weed smokers do. They've got their own awful smell, but it's not nearly as bad as the constant skunky stench. And yes, I've had people whose sense of smell is destroyed tell me it's not that bad.
I think the real reason for this is the weird "I'm always at home and never leaving my home" thing that developed post COVID. So many people either work from home or only leave their home to work. They have everything delivered, watch streaming whatever, use the internet, and barely leave their house. The idea of going to bar actually frightens them. My sister is one of these, and she gets visibly agitated when having to visit my father on Saturdays, leaving as soon as she can to go home, where she works the entire week. She's got issues with stress, and I keep trying to tell her "maybe you should get out a bit", but it falls on deaf ears.