# 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:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/21 "2000-02-15T00:34:00Z")
I’ve bought computers used by smokers and they reek. ---
**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 15, 2000, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/22 "2000-02-15T00:39:00Z")
Yeah, Doob, you’re right. Too much of a good thing… Or you could just spill the bong water all over the rug and be left with a stench worse than death itself. But hey, you wouldn’t smell them nasty cigs anymore. * * * Free beer is ALWAYS a good thing. - Falcon ---
**Author:** ![Commander\_Fortune](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Commander\_Fortune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Commander_Fortune)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/23 "2000-02-15T00:41:00Z")
I agree with StoryTyler: Go for the OZIUM ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/24 "2000-02-15T04:09:00Z")
I haven’t tried OZIUM (but thanks for the tip) but FWIW I much prefer Clorox Fresh Care to Febreze. It’s less sweet/cloying and seems to work better. And yeah, the wet fabric thing works. If you can rig up a line in your place, hang freshly washed sheets up. Also, try some DIY stovetop simmering. I use basil etc. dried from my summer crop, but you could probably use cinnamon sticks, cloves, whatever. When the house just smells winter dead-air musty, I put a big kettle on to simmer and toss in a handful of basil. Pretty soon the house is humidified and smells like a garden. (Hint: do _not_ spend your money on those cheesy, tiny, perfumey potpourri, simmering or otherwise. They cost the earth and are mostly faked perfume anyway.) Veb ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2000, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/25 "2000-02-15T13:11:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by Dirty Devil: > \*\*Yeah, Doob, you’re right. Too much of a good thing… Or you could just spill the bong water all over the rug and be left with a stench worse than death itself. But hey, you wouldn’t smell them nasty cigs anymore. > \*\* Dirty, now you **know** Dem would go insane if that happened :). I think he would have to be institutionalized if that happened (kidding dem!) * * * It’s worth the risk of burning, to have a second chance… ---
**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 15, 2000, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793/26 "2000-02-15T16:29:00Z")
_You_ may be kidding Doob, but if that happened…oh boy…SOMETHING would get broken and there’d be a LOT of pissing and moaning… 😉 * * * “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 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-that-nasty-smoke-smell/13793.md?page=1)