How do you eliminate cigarette smoke odor in house?

Answer 1

Cut an apple in half, then place the half apple skin side down in a cupholder, close windows and the apple half will soak up the smell of cigarettes by morning. Toss apple half....Try it, it REALLY WORKS!

Answer 2

If this is in the United Kingdom, call your local council's Environmental Health Team and quote this the Environmental Protection Act of 1990 at them. Cigarette smoke fulfils the criteria for being a "statutory nuisance". The Environmental Protection Act 1990 Statutory nuisance is a criminal offence and is the statue version of the common law tort of nuisance. As a criminal matter, all statutory nuisance investigations are required to be carried out with good evidence collecting procedures, normally in accordance with the procedures under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984. By their nature statutory nuisances are serious ones that tend to affect a community and therefore need to be dealt with by the council for the benefit of the community.

Statutory nuisance is defined under section 79 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 and is limited to those nuisances listed below:

a) any premises in such a state as to be prejudicial to health

or a nuisance;

b) smoke emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to

health or a nuisance;

c) fumes or gases emitted from premises so as to be

prejudicial to health or a nuisance;

d) any dust, steam, smell or other effluvia arising on industrial,

trade or business premises and being prejudicial to health

or a nuisance;

e) any accumulation or deposit which is prejudicial to health

or a nuisance;

f) any animal kept in such a place or manner as to be

prejudicial to health or a nuisance;

g) noise emitted from premises so as to be prejudicial to

health or a nuisance;

h) any other matter declared by any enactment to be a

statutory nuisance; All other nuisances fall within the civil law tort of nuisance and are not normally dealt with by the council. Statutory Nuisance is determined 'in the opinion of the authorised inspector' based on the nature, severity, frequency and duration of the nuisance. The authorised inspectors opinion is occasionally supplemented by evidence from residents and other people affected by the nuisance as well as technical measurements or physical evidence where appropriate. In order to ensure consistency authorised inspectors follow procedures for investigating statutory nuisances. Where a statutory nuisance is proven the council are obliged to serve an abatement notice requiring the abatement (stopping) of the nuisance. Failure to comply with such a notice can lead to fines of up to £20,000 per incident of non compliance. Prejudicial to Health

Part of statutory nuisance law deals with issues that are prejudicial to human health. In such circumstances statutory nuisance law empowers the council (and its' officers) to take immediate action to deal with a nuisance that is prejudicial to health. Works In Default

The legislation also enables the council to take action to abate (stop) the nuisance, where it deems this necessary. Typically this can be done by using a range of powers available to the council. For example, an inspector might legally seize a stereo system - preventing its continued use, or call in an engineer to turn off a malfunctioning alarm. In almost all cases, the person responsible for the nuisance has to pay any bills for the work carried out. The major limitation of statutory nuisance is that it is normally based on 'premises'. To be an statutory nuisance one of the 'nuisances' (a-g above) has to be in one premises and affect persons in another premises; hence a statutory nuisance normally has to affect you in your home of office. The one exception is that noise from stationary vehicles and machinery in the street can now be possibly be controlled.

Answer 3

open all the doors and windows and use air freshner. You need an odour neutralising air freshner - the conventional type just mask the smell.

If it's really bad you probably need to shampoo carpets and curtains and any other soft furnishings.

Answer 4

If someone is still smoking in the house, it's impossible to completely eliminate the smell. If there are no current smokers, then you have to clean the entire house from top to bottom. Use a mixture of 2 parts water to one part vinegar to wipe down the walls. If you have carpet, you can sprinkle baking soda into it. Let the baking soda absorb for a few hours before you vacuum. You can also leave bowls of white vinegar around the house to help absorb odors. Unfortunately, smokers tend to get used to the smell and have no idea how much they actually stink.

Answer 5

I say -look for how is his cigar smoke getting into your space?

Answer 6

You can either move, or use Zorbex. Zorbex can usually be found at Lowe's as well. It is completely odorless and works wonders!

Answer 7

An ozone generator may help you get rid of nasty odors. It uses ozone to purify the air and a lot of people have had success getting cigarette smells out.