How to Remove Cigarette Smoke From Mattresses

Remove cigarette odor from your bed and make your bedroom healthier.

If you smoke, or your significant other smokes, cigarette smoke can embed itself into your mattress fibers. This makes cigarette smoke removal a little difficult, but not impossible--you'll simply need to use a few substances you may already have at home. It's worth the effort for health reasons; cigarette smoke can trigger adult and adolescent asthma, according to the University of Virginia.

Things You'll Need

• Fabric odor remover
• Baking soda
• Vacuum

Instructions

1. Remove all bedding and wash it. It does no good to clean the mattress and not the bedding.

2. Remove the mattress and take it outside. Spray the mattress with a fabric odor remover. Let the mattress sit outside for several hours so it warms in the sun and airs out. Bring the mattress back inside.

3. Sprinkle a small layer of baking soda on the mattress. The baking soda will help remove the remaining odors. Let the baking soda sit on the mattress overnight.

4. Vacuum the baking soda off the mattress.

Tips & Warnings

• Placing fabric softener sheets between the sheets and the mattress can help keep the mattress smelling nice. However, fabric softeners use perfumes. If you are sensitive to the smell, you may develop headaches. If this happens, remove the fabric softeners, or replace them with a different fragrance.

References

• University of Virginia: Allergy & Asthma
• Mrs. Clean: How to Clean the Mattress
• HowToGetRidOfStuff.com: How to Get Rid of Cigarette Smell in a House