We all know cigarette is addictive, but for non-smokers, the smell is just unbearable. It’ hard to have smokers in the house because cigarette odor leeches to the whole room for hours.

Aerosols simply don’t work because it just covers the smell with another overwhelming odor. And most air fresheners are also just as nauseating. If you have this problem, these are some things you can do.

One of the nicer-smelling things you can use against it is soap. Now could be the best time to do laundry. By doing this, you accomplish a house chore and air freshening.

General house cleaning. Smoke of ciggies is so much trouble that it might even require you to do an unplanned general house cleaning. You need your vacuum for this. Clean up furniture, especially the couch where the smokers spent all night puffing. An effective yet troublesome idea would be to bring these furniture outside under the heat of the sun.

Buy some oranges. Peels of orange and other citrus fruits emit strong citrus-y odors which can overpower smoke.

We heard baking soda does the trick. Sprinkle this wonder odor-remover on your carpet or fabric-furniture affected and vacuum after a few hours. Remember though that some fabric could react negatively to this, so make a patch test first.

Open house. It’s an old trick, but still reliable. As soon as the smoking session is over, open all windows and exhaust fans for ventilation so that it won’t get absorbed by the things in the room.

Do you need a professional odor remover and house cleaner? For odors which are seriously difficult to remove, you might need specialists. But do this only after all your attempts at the previous tips didn’t work.

Set house rules against smoking inside the house. Don’t allow smoking inside the house because second-hand smoke is even more hazardous to health. Make everyone follow this policy, especially if there are infants or kids in the family.