How to Eliminate Cigarette Odor

By eHow Home & Garden Editor

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Few odors are more odious, especially to non- and reformed smokers, than lingering cigarette smoke. Whether your goal is to get healthy or to get a loved one off your back, it's easy to keep your home from smelling like the local roadhouse. Just throw open your windows and try out one or more of these easy tricks.

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Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

Things You’ll Need:

Ashtrays
Light Bulb
Rag Or Dish Towel
Vacuum
Baking Soda
Fabric-softener Sheets
Perfume Or Cologne
Cat Litter
Several Small Bowls
Zippered Plastic Bag
Vinegar, pine-scented cleaner or activated charcoal

Step1

Set small bowls of vinegar, pine-scented cleaner or activated charcoal around the room. If your home has young children or pets, place the bowls well out of reach. Close off the room overnight.

Step2

Spritz your favorite perfume or cologne on a cold light bulb. When the light is turned on, the warmed scent will fill the room.

Step3

Place small items (such as gloves, a wool hat or a small pillow) in a zippered plastic bag with a couple of fabric-softener sheets. Leave overnight.

Step4

Fill ashtrays with cat litter to extinguish cigarettes and capture the odor.

Step5

Sprinkle baking soda liberally on carpets, rugs and upholstery around the room. Let it sit overnight. Vacuum.

Step6

Soak a rag or a dish towel in vinegar, wring out the excess and wave it around the room for a minute or two.

Tips & Warnings

Launder washable items, including curtains, pillows and slipcovers, for best odor removal.

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Comments

AirQualityMike said

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on 7/23/2008 Interesting tips! I have a very sensitive nose for odors and nothing I’ve used has worked better than the RGF Guardian Air Plug in Plus. I have one in my basement, bedroom, and next to the cat litter box! It eliminates those funky smells and makes me feel good about my house. I’d recommend it to everyone!

http://www.rgf.com

smd_lscape said

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on 5/24/2007 I'm convinced the Bad Air Sponge is the best product out there for removing smoke odor. I order mine by the case from goodbyestinky.com My husband is a smoker, and I wouldn't live without it or him!

Vamoose said

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on 10/12/2006 Use Vamoose 1808T

Anonymous said

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on 7/20/2006 Use the Vamoose 1808T Tobacco Odor fabric spray. Several rental car agencies and major hotels are using it. It works by getting into the fabric and chemically converts the tar and nicotine into a non-volatile gaseous state. It smells strong for about an hour, but after that the odor is permanently gone. This stuff is amazing!

Anonymous said

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on 3/8/2006 Open the windows and spread Arm & Hammer carpet powder all around. I use the kind for eliminating pet odors- wait about 20 minutes and vacuum. This works really well. Also, I like to use the Febreze neutralizer for areas that you can't vacuum, like big throw pillows or sofas.

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