# Getting rid of that nasty smoke smell... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2000, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793 "2000-02-13T22:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/1 "2000-02-13T22:11:00Z")
I’ve been smoking since I was fifteen, although I’ve **never** smoked inside any of my places. Recently, I’ve been spending a lot of late nights online and just have been too lazy to go out to the garage or outside. Now it _STINKS_ in here! Yuck! I’m planning on quitting this summer, and I’m not going to smoke inside any more, but what do I do about this nasty stench? Any quick ways to get rid of it besides lots of airing out? Help! * * * “I’ve got a DungeonMaster’s guide, I’ve got a twelve-sided die, I’ve got Kitty Pryde and Nightcrawler too, waiting there for me, yes I do.” Weezer-In the Garage ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/2 "2000-02-13T22:15:00Z")
Febreeze will get the smell out of upholstery, drapes, etc. If it’s too cold where you are to open windows, then light some candles, or spray some Lysol – they have an unscented variety, I think. I swore I wasn’t going to smoke in my new car, but I did. Could just kick myself now. I really notice the stink when I get in after not driving for a couple of days. The Febreeze works there too though. Still planning to quit, then we’ll just have the pet smells to deal with. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/3 "2000-02-13T22:16:00Z")
Get a bottle of expensive cologne and throw it on the floor hard until it breaks. That will make you forget about any other smell in the whole house… ## Or you could simply buy some air freshener or some aromatherapy candles. Shadowfox _Flee at once, all is discovered!_ ---
**Author:** ![Abner\_Normal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a87d85/32.png) [@Abner\_Normal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abner_Normal)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/4 "2000-02-13T22:26:00Z")
Try sitting a bowl of vinegar out. * * * “Tell me and I’ll forget; Show me and I may remember; Involve me and I’ll understand.” - Old Chinese Proverb ---
**Author:** ![Angkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/fbc32d/32.png) [@Angkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angkins)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/5 "2000-02-13T23:16:00Z")
Try candles, the flame “eats” the smoke and will definately help. You can bye “smoke eater” candles but I don’t know if they are any better than a regular candle. Febreeze will get the smell out of your furniture and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Nu\_Vo\_Da\_Da](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/97f17d/32.png) [@Nu\_Vo\_Da\_Da](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nu_Vo_Da_Da)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2000, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/6 "2000-02-13T23:18:00Z")
Baking soda is quite efficient at absorbing smells(thats why you put it in your fridge if you’re going to be away for a while…) but probably the easiest thing to do in your case is just open the windows and let the room air out a bit. If this isn’t an option(like if you live in the northern regions) then some incense combined with a touch of febreeze or air freshener will do the trick nicely. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/7 "2000-02-14T03:26:00Z")
Thanks for the help everyone. With a little luck, and your advice, I will be smoke free(in the house) again! 😉 * * * “I’ve got a DungeonMaster’s guide, I’ve got a twelve-sided die, I’ve got Kitty Pryde and Nightcrawler too, waiting there for me, yes I do.” Weezer-In the Garage ---
**Author:** ![Carl\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@Carl\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Berry)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/8 "2000-02-14T03:34:00Z")
Continue smoking indoors, soon you won’t notice it! ---
**Author:** ![Brood\_McEto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/65b543/32.png) [@Brood\_McEto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brood_McEto)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/9 "2000-02-14T05:17:00Z")
Something that I learned not too long ago. I recently quit smoking. I had a box of fabric softner in my truck. I don’t remember how it got there. I used to smoke in my truck, but I’ve had that box of opened fabric softner in there for quite sometime, and it doesn’t smell of smoke in there… hasn’t for a while. Just 2 cents. * * * “Rolling with the dopes you know. Rolling with the wrong gun on you” “I dream that she aims to be the bloom upon my misery” - _I Miss The Girl_ Soul Coughing ---
**Author:** ![chief](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df788c/32.png) [@chief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chief)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/10 "2000-02-14T07:58:00Z")
the best way is to quit… just curious, but why are you waiting until summer to quit? the best way to get rid of the smell is to air it out a lot and put other strong smelling things in the room probably, likementioned above * * * Chief’s Domain - [http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~ravi](http://www.seas.ucla.edu/~ravi) ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/11 "2000-02-14T16:30:00Z")
Chief, as you know, it’s a very hard thing to quit. During the summer I devote a lot of time to cycling. I average around 100 miles a week, which isn’t much, but it is enough to keep me motivated _not_ to smoke while I am doing it, if only because of the inherent contradiction between the two activities. During the winter, when I am a _lot_ more sedentary, the smoking picks up. If I can drop it for a substantial amount of time during the summer, I think I can stay off it. Flawed logic? Maybe. But, whatever works right? * * * “I’ve got a DungeonMaster’s guide, I’ve got a twelve-sided die, I’ve got Kitty Pryde and Nightcrawler too, waiting there for me, yes I do.” Weezer-In the Garage ---
**Author:** ![rubes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@rubes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rubes)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/12 "2000-02-14T16:54:00Z")
Once the smell is gone, put fabric softener in a papertowel tube, and when you exhale your smoke, blow it thru this device. You’ll never stink up your place again (with smoke anyways) ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/13 "2000-02-14T16:56:00Z")
Get a cat, Dem. The litterbox will overpower the smoke smell no problem. 🙂 * * * If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut. -Albert Einstein ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/14 "2000-02-14T17:16:00Z")
You got smoke molecules everywhere, eh? Anyway, the best way is to cover them with better smoke molecules. To do this make a fire in the fireplace, this works. Have done it. Maybe some incense is better if you don’t want to put a bbq with some pine or oak & burn it in the room. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/15 "2000-02-15T06:09:00Z")
I have absolutely no idea if this will work. I read it somewhere a long time ago. Fill your sink up with cool water. Add lemon juice and vinegar. Dip a towel into the water, then wring it out until it’s damp. Then, whirl the towel over your head. I don’t know if this was the author’s idea of a practical joke, or if there’s actually a chance that it might work, but if it doesn’t, you’re only out some lemon juice, vinegar, and a little dignity. ---
**Author:** ![Dirty\_Devil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Dirty\_Devil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dirty_Devil)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/16 "2000-02-14T20:10:00Z")
We need to start taking more bong hits up there. The smell may not go away, but it’ll sure be a lot sweeter. 😉 * * * Free beer is ALWAYS a good thing. - Falcon ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/17 "2000-02-14T20:53:00Z")
## One word: **OZIUM** [**StoryTyler**](http://sites.netscape.net/storytyler/homepage) “Not everybody does it, but everybody should.” ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/18 "2000-02-14T21:09:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Dirty Devil: > \*\*We need to start taking more bong hits up there. The smell may not go away, but it’ll sure be a lot sweeter. 😉 > > \*\* ## Dude, now you know very well, the **last** thing we need is _more_ bong hits… 😉 “I’ve got a DungeonMaster’s guide, I’ve got a twelve-sided die, I’ve got Kitty Pryde and Nightcrawler too, waiting there for me, yes I do.” Weezer-In the Garage ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/19 "2000-02-14T23:40:00Z")
Look for a product called Fire D. It’s made by Big D Industries. It’s made for clearing the air after a fire, but works just as well for cigarette & cigar smoke. It’s a fogger (kinda like a bug fogger) and after you use it, you’ll never be able to tell anyone had smoked in the area. For severe smoke, you may have to use two. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2000, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/20 "2000-02-14T23:48:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Dirty Devil: > \*\*We need to start taking more bong hits up there. The smell may not go away, but it’ll sure be a lot sweeter. 😉 > \*\* From nasty stench to a cloyingly sweet IMHO nasty stench 🙂 * * * It’s worth the risk of burning, to have a second chance… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793.md?page=2)