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How to Get Rid of Cigarette Smell

December 7th, 2006 by admin
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This article is split into two main sections, the first is written for people who are currently smokers and wish to minimize the odor associated with the habit. The second is written for people who do not smoke and are trying to remove cigarette smells from home, furnishings, and objects.

Getting Rid of Cigarette Smoke Smell for Smokers

While researching this topic, I asked a relative for some practical advice to rid my house of cigarette smoke. Their answer was immediate and to the point: QUIT SMOKING! Who isn’t tired of hearing that one? The truth is that cigarette smoke permeates into our furniture, our carpets, our walls, our windows, and just about every other nook and cranny in our homes. Us smokers are generally unaware of the smell. The same problem exists in our cars. There are large numbers of people who are allergic to cigarette smoke, or suffer some very serious breathing issues when they come into contact with it. Even the lingering smell of cigarette smoke left in a home or a car by its previous occupants is not just noticeable, but may be close to intolerable to a non-smoker. So if you’re not ready to kick the habit just yet, let’s explore some methods of controlling the cigarette smoke in our environments. Who knows, the next person to bask in your odor may be a hot date or prospective employer and if they don’t smoke, a noticeable odor will definitely make an impression.

Get the Smoke Out!

If you smoke inside, devise a system that pulls the smoky air outside of your home so it doesn’t have time to set on your surroundings such as smoking in front of a window fan that is set to expel air from the room. Despite the people who feel second hand smoke is a health risk even if you are smoking outside in a wind storm, the smoke needs to be trapped inside an enclosed area to deposit its odor.

Make a Smoker’s Lounge

If you have any rooms in your home which are seldom used, consider making one your smoker’s lounge and furnish it accordingly. This room will reek, but it will also keep you from stinking up the rest of your home. Better yet, set up shop on your porch or patio to keep the stink out of your house entirely.

Purify the Air

There are many air purifiers on the market that claim to remove cigarette smoke and odor from the air before it gets a chance to turn your windows yellow. Many of them call themselves “ozone” based air cleaners. They run the gambit from crap to somewhat effective, but even the best ones only work in the room where they are placed. If you only have an occasional smoke then a good air purifier might be just what you are after, but for daily smokers these will only drain your wallet along with your electricity.

Mind Your Butts

A single ashtray can stink up a room almost as quickly as a lit cigarette. You can fight this menace by placing an absorbent substance in your ashtrays. This works both inside your home, and in your car. Baking soda works wonderfully, just pour enough in your ash tray to submerge your butts and use it to extinguish and bury the tip of your cigarettes when you are finished with them. This is not going to solve the problem 100%, but it will help. It will not only help diminish the smell of an ashtray full of extinguished butts, but will also draw some of the smoky odor out of the surrounding air. It is certainly a lot cheaper than putting an “ozone generating, state of the art titanium based corona and ultra violet light” air cleaner in every room of your house. Even if you can plug one into the cigarette lighter of your car, you’re still going to need to unplug it to light your next cigarette. Ashtrays with air-tight lids will also do the trick.

Your Clothing and Your Breath

If you find yourself in a situation where you really need to keep your person free of cigarette smoke smell, but you want to light up regardless then here’s what you do. First, smoke outside facing away from the wind, upwind from any other smokers in the vicinity, if you have an overcoat with you, wear it. This will keep most of the smoke away from your clothing. After you’ve finished your stogie, remove your coat and stand out in the wind a little longer to flush your person with fresh air. If it’s not particularly windy, take a brisk walk. As for your breath, the best you can do is brush your teeth, gargle with a strong mouthwash, and follow that up with the strongest mint you can handle.

Fall in Love with a Fellow Smoker

You might as well face it. Your body, your clothes, and most of all your breath are going to smell like cigarettes. Also, your teeth are going to turn a bit yellow. Cigarette smoke can be removed from the body and your clothing with normal washing. You can use whitening toothpaste , brush three times a day, use lots of mouthwash, and visit the dentist daily for professional teeth cleaning and this will remove all traces of cigarette smoke from your body, your clothes, and your breath... until about ten minutes later when you light up your next Marlboro. Cigarette smoke smell can be reduced, and it is a polite thing to try, but as long as you smoke, the problem of their lingering odor will exist, and non-smokers will be unhappy with it. Oh well. Getting Rid of Cigarette Smoke Smell for Non-Smokers >>

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  1. February 4th, 2010 at 8:40 am    Tracie Danells Says:

    I have just bought a beautiful leather settee, unfortunatly it smells very bad of smoke, can you tell me if there is anything i can use on it to get the smoke out. thanks

  2. November 13th, 2009 at 4:19 pm    Leslie Says:

    Nothing gets rid of smoke odor like BON-CC-41. I made the mistake of letting the in-laws live in my house while my husband and I worked temporarily out of state.

    We were gone for a little more than a year. When we came back, our home REEKED of smoke. I was furious! After cleaning for days and trying numerous products, I finally tried BON-CC-41, which can only be bought online. I didn’t want to buy something online but I was desperate and I am SOOOO glad I took the chance.

    The staff was very helpful (I even cried on the phone with them because I was so upset). I was also on a tight budget, especially after spending so much money trying all that other stuff that didn’t work. They rented me a fogger (there was no way I could afford to buy one) and sent me all the instructions I would need. When I received the product, I still had questions and they treated me like I was their only customer. You don’t get that kind of treatment these days!

    After spending the afternoon fogging every inch of my house, I finally had my house back! I couldn’t believe how well the product worked!

    I swear by the product now and will never use anything else!

  3. September 16th, 2009 at 6:47 am    Spencer Says:

    I’ve never seen anything like this one before…it’s a FOGGER for cars! Gonesmoke Auto Fogger. took every bit of smoke out of this used car just bought. Tells you to run the engine with air on high/recirculate. Pretty amazing stuff!

  4. September 15th, 2009 at 1:49 pm    Andy Says:

    I smoke sometimes before my mom comes home from work and i spend a looong time trying to get rid of the smell.. i only have 2 hours to achieve this and i found a good way.. if you have this problem i recomend soaking a small towell with bleach and then wave it around the smoke smelling room.. this is very helpful.. make sure its not dripping though or you will discolor your whole room..

  5. September 12th, 2009 at 5:10 pm    Foster Mom Says:

    I’m a foster mom and a devout nonsmoker. I’m allergic to cigarettes and simply hate the smell. I often get kids who come with everything just reeking of cigarettes. I just now found a solution that may work for others to get HEAVY cigarette smell out of clothes. I have a front loader washing machine. I washed some clothes in warm/cold with some ammonia, laundry soap (directions say use much less soap as the ammonia makes the soap go farther), and fabric softener. I used Tide HE and maybe 3/4 cup of ammonia (which says on the label can be used in the laundry) and Downy fabric softener. It took 2 washings, but the stuff is fresh now, surprisingly enough. I have soft water too, along with a front loader, so I don’t use as much soap as most people or I’ll wind up with a sudsy nightmare. Good luck to you all. I love garage sale-ing (who knows how to spell that!) but I once had to throw out a shirt I bought after washing it 3 or 4 times as it still smelled disgusting. BTW, I have an extremely accute sense of smell. The ammonia is what did the trick.

  6. June 24th, 2009 at 9:08 pm    Justin Says:

    I bought an air purifier (XJ-3000D) from ThePureAirStore.com for a really good price and even though I’m allergic to cigarette smoke, (and my partner smokes in the house) but with my air purifier I never have a problem with my allergies and the house never smells like cigarettes! I highly recommend buying an air purifier.

  7. April 20th, 2009 at 1:19 pm    jenn Says:

    I’m really sorry I don’t have any tips but I did date a guy who detailed cars and he basically said everything that the post from the other car guys stated which recommend ozone products/bio-products and a really good scrubbing.

    I have to empathize, I live with a horrible smoker! I am so sad that I smell dirty right after taking a shower. It’s in my hair, my clothes, by mattress, my shoes, and even when I blow my nose there’s this weird gray colored streak in some of the mucous secretions!! I know it’s sick!!! I am convinced that my skin is even absorbing these nasty chemicals = ( Anyway it just can’t be good for my health. I once heard a comedian say “Yeah, I smoke so what? I don’t give a f**k about killing myself,so why should I care about you whiny non-smokers?” I think that sums it up quite well.

  8. March 27th, 2009 at 8:28 am    MG Says:

    No one in our home are smokers but our neighbors do smoke and there smoke comes through our shared walls. Is there anything, other than move, we can do? My husband is having a hard time breathing. Any suggestions? Thank you!

  9. March 1st, 2009 at 6:33 pm    Deaf RaGe Says:

    Anybody has a trick for getting rid of smoke smell off electronics? I recently bought a used Xbox 360 and it reeks of cigarettes. I go in my room and I can smell it. Ugh. Help!

  10. February 25th, 2009 at 8:31 pm    candy. Says:

    Terri, Im in the same boat as you. Only, it’s my parents, AND my mothers parents. All of which have been smoking for well over 30 years (minimum). It’s so hard for people to believe that I myself do not smoke because of how hard it is for me to avoid it in my own home.

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