How To : eight Effortless Ways to Liquidate Cigarette Smoke Smells from Your Car

The protracted smell of cigarette smoke can bother just about anyone, including smokers themselves. Unluckily, it can be fairly difficult to mask or entirely get rid of the smell altogether. While you can go through extremes like washing and even repainting the walls in your home, those options don’t exist when the odor is in your car.

The smoke can lightly be absorbed into fabric and leather seats, but you can use some DIY deodorizers to keep your car smelling fresh. Now, keep in mind that your mileage may vary as far as the usefulness of these fresheners based on the amount of smoking that happens in the vehicle and the conditions therein (e.g., windows up versus windows down), but these tips will certainly help take the stench down a notch or two.

1. Coffee Grounds

Instead of smelling smoke on your morning drive, please your nostrils with the smell of coffee grounds. Place a cup of coffee grounds in your car with the windows closed and our interior will be overpowered by the smell of your beloved morning mocha. The smoke smell will be gone in a matter of a few hours.

Two. Dryer Sheets

For those with cloth seats, a good way to deodorize your car is by wiping the seats with dryer sheets. This way, your car will get a deeper, newer smell without it overpowering your entire cabin. And no matter the type of seats you have, you can keep some sheets under them. Plus, it’s a good way to prevent mosquitos from randomly attacking your car.

Three. Cup of Vinegar

Using vinegar to get rid of smoke smell is very likely the oldest trick in the book. Fortunately, most cars come tooled with a handy dandy cup holder, so you can pour white vinegar into a cup and put it in the holder overnight to lessen or eliminate obnoxious and persistent odors.

Four. Cinnamon Stuffs

If you want to add a sweet smell while attempting to take away the bad smell, attempt cinnamon catapults. Boil the cinnamon in water and pour it into a travel mug. Keep the windows up and the cup inwards until the water is room (car?) temperature. As an added bonus, you can stay in the car with the heater on for 20-30 minutes as the water cools as this odor is ideal for the winter season.

Five. Citrus Peels

For those who are obsessed with citrus fruits, recycle those peels. Peel any oranges, lemons, or other citrus and keep the peels in a cup. Citrus peels tend to soak up the smoke smell and substitute it with the tasty, fruity, and fresh odor we love to pay $9 a bottle for.

6. Charcoal

Some people aren’t a fan of extraneous smells in their car to mask other ones. After all, you’re attempting to take away the odor, so why mask it with another? So attempt keeping a bag of charcoal in the back of your car overnight. The charcoal will straight-up absorb the stink, but be sure to use that charcoal to grill something tasty after you get rid of the smell.

7. Newspapers

What do you do if you were the designated driver for your friends one night and they determined to light one up while you were dispersed? Maybe they were nice enough to roll down the window, but chances are, your toasted friend plum left behind and didn’t care. A duo smokes won’t ruin your car, but it’ll make it pretty stale, so just crumple up chunks of newspaper to absorb the smell overnight.

8. Cat Litter

Got some extra litter your kitty could spare? Cat litter is another superb way to absorb the smell. Just pour it into a cup and let it soak up the smoke. The best part is, you can reuse it for your feline friend, so you’re never truly inconveniencing them or spending extra money. As a bonus, cat litter in the car will also help keep your windows from fogging up!

Who knew your (or someone else’s) smoking habit could be hidden with random items via the house? Instead of shelling out ton of money to get the inwards of your car smelling fresh and clean every week, just use the items you already own. Plus, by reusing items such as citrus peels and newspapers, you might actually be doing the environment a favor. Which totally cancels out all the toxic chemicals puffed out into the air… right?

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