How to Eliminate Cigarette Odor

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.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

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

1. 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.

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

3. 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.

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

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

6. 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.

[Jerry1]

on 12/11/2008 My brother-in-law is the poster boy for chain-smoker. All the remedies above work well, but don't remove the smoke odor permanently. We have tried everything over the years. There is however this a new product on the market ( Room Shocker )that eliminates the smoke odor at the source and removes the harmful pathogens left behind by the smoke. It will go deep into carpet and furniture and even wood. It not only gets rid of the smell, but it completely detoxifies the entire room. It's really easy use safer people and pets. It's safer than the ozone machines and better for the environment. And best of all, it's not expensive and it comes with a money back guarantee.

[askmehow2]

on 12/8/2008 Do what smoke remediation contractors do: buy or rent an ozone generator (we rent from $20 a day and sell from $250) and do a "shock treatment" for 6 hours in an unoccupied room. The ozone (three oxygen atoms) will completely oxidize the many chemicals that make up second hand smoke, removing them permanently. Doing anything else will leave behind harmful chemicals that cause cancer. Go to www.air-purifiers-superstore.com to learn more. Hope this helps.

[anadeem]

on 10/22/2008 Why not smoke electric ciggs instead no second hand smoke no smell no lung cancer..A Healthy Cig. if you may.. check it out..

www.myinlife.com/anadeem

[muffyjunes]

on 8/17/2008 I am used to living in a small apartment, and a wonderful trick for emergencies is to fry a skillet full of onions, peppers and garlic an hour or so before visitors arrive.
The delicious aroma overrides the tobacco smell. Worked for me many times.

[AirQualityMike]

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