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According to the wiki it didn’t actually get rid of the smells, it just pulled them to above pedestrian height so people couldn’t smell them as much.
Vents that extend above pedestrian height are still in use: https://spacing.ca/magazine/section/infrastructure-fetish/raising-the-stink/