I am a smoker, and while I know I shouldn't, there is a way to go yet. However I have recently been told by my housemate that, while I smoke outside, the smoke smell is entering the house. I have made adjustments, such as smoking as far from the house as our back yard allows and wearing a jacket and scarf to decrease the smell on my person when I enter it. However, I am afraid that it might not be enough and was wondering whether anyone knew of a non-invasive spray or something that would kill the smell of tobacco on my person without stinking up the house with a strong perfume or cleaning smell. Any suggestions would be most welcome.
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You could try Fabreze fabric refresher, I've found it to pretty much take the smell out of anything. You mentioned you have tried wearing a scarf and jacket, you do leave these outside correct? I would try the fabreze just spray your clothes with it briefly, be sure to leave your jacket and scarf outdoors and be sure to wash your hands once your indoors. I dont know if you have long hair or not but if so you might consider pulling it up and out of the way so that less of its exposed to the smoke. Also keep some gum or breath mints for when you come in so that cigarette smell will not be on your breath. Im a smoker and this is what I do before going into a non smoking environment where I know the tobacco smell is likely to stand out.
For clothing, use Nok-Out. For skin, use lemon juice.
Cigarette smell is essentially impossible to remove; there is no way you can try to successfully remove the smell from your breath, body, clothes etc. The real problem is much bigger-not just smoke but also second and third hand smoking residuals.
The three (that we know of) disabling and deadly disease causing cigarette smoking residuals:
1-Your Cigarette Smoke in the air-Breathed in by other people, pets etc.
2-Your Cigarette Smoke Particulate Matter-Smoke particles in the air that drop from the smoke to the body, clothes and all surfaces in the car, house, work etc. From direct smoke but also from smokers and non-smokers breathing your smoke particles in and out of their lungs.
3-Your Cigarette Particles From Smoke that are on house, car and any other surfaces and then lifted up by air disturbances to be breathed into the lungs by people, pets, etc.
All three cigarette smoking residuals are significant disease causing problems.
As long as you smoke, you will always smell like smoke (from your body-cigarette breath from lungs, body exudes smell in sweat, etc.) You will smell like smoke no matter how much you shower, wash clothes, use mouthwash, soap, shampoo etc., and any other method you try.
ADDENDUM:
Important-The three cigarette smoking residuals cause severe diseases-cancers, lung diseases etc., to smokers and non smokers alike.
I remember recently in the news, a man who smoked for years and then his wife, a non-smoker, died of lung cancer, from his smoking.
I will not defend cigarette smoking. It is a nasty, expensive, life taking habit.
I will say this with strong conviction, 'A few billion cigarettes smoked each day is merely a drop in the bucket when it comes to the tons of pollutants belched out into our atmosphere and oceans.
eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq: In 2016, emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) by the U.S. electric power sector1 were 1,821 million metric tons.
Non smokers who waste electricity might just contribute more to someone elses lung cancer (at least indirectly) than do smokers.
Febreze is the best it doesn't just mask odors but absorbs them. Just spray a little on yourself every time you smoke.
Every one is telling you how to try and eliminate the smell of cigarettes on your person and clothes.
Did any one tell you the best way is ---------TO STOP SMOKING!!!
Oh I know its hard, "been there done that" I started smoking when I was a teenager it was the in thing to do and probably did for twenty years. I would not smoke in the house being the only one in my family who smoked, would go outside in all kinds of weather, just HAD to have that smoke.
How to stop, "cold turkey" is the best way, try it oh sooooo hard BUT here I am a little o' lady of 83 It I can do it --------so can you !!
Good luck !!!
It seems everyone is giving advice on your health (which you already know that smoking is not good for your health) and how to remove odor from your clothes.
You and your housemate may have to reach some sort of agreement about the odor/smell because as long as you smoke, you will carry this odor wherever you go.
Use incense, u gotta fight smoke with smoke but u dont need to burn a whole stick
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