Smoking Inside The House

[projectsunfire]

So I have basically been a life-long renter. With the purchase of my first house rapidly approaching I have been wondering about smoking inside on occasion. Living in Florida I don't really have to deal with the winter but sitting outside to smoke in the middle of the summer with the 1000% humidity is not that enjoyable. I'm outside right now enjoying one and am sweating just sitting here typing lol.

So I thought about using my future office also as an occasional smoking lounge for myself and guests. The room has sliders that open into the lanai (screened-in porch to you non-floridians) so I could have the door partially open to allow some ventilation.

Who else smokes in their house and how often? What do you do to get rid of the inevitable smell?

[CigarMan Andy]

I smoke in my house, car and RV. Wife says yes and she does not smoke...

[Zeede]

Some people install inline fans, filters and ventilation expressly for their smoking room.

I smoke in my empty two car garage. If I open the garage and let it vent out for half an hour after I smoke, the smell mostly goes away. It's my garage, so I'm not overly concerned about lingering scents in it.

[rodwha]

I want to build a brew kitchen with storage when we buy our own house. Texas is also pretty nasty in the summer, and if my brew room is separated from the house I can do as I please. SWMBO has very bad asthma so there is no smoking in the house. Even the smell of smoke on me bothers her so I brush my teeth, wash my face and hands/shower, and change after smoking.

[Emperor Zurg]

I don't and wouldn't smoke in my house or office.
When I toss the butt or dump out the dottle I want to be DONE with the tobacco, not have a foul, musty odor linger for days.
I know what you mean though, it's no fun smoking in searing heat or freezing cold.

[Bowtech4ever]

I live in that same humidity. We have a sunroom/office, that can be closed off to the rest of the house. I use it when smoking conditions are poor. I use various smoker's candles, exhaust fan, and Ozium....10 minutes later, just a faint hint of a good cigar remains, which has not been offensive to anyone. My wife has never smoked anything, so she is our "coal mine canary", and I will abide by her wishes, should it ever bother her. Thus far it hasn't, and she will even occasionally join me when I go smoke and chat at my local B&M.

[Sigaar]

I smoke in my kitchen. I turn on the oven exhaust fan and when warm enough, open a window/door. I can smell the cigar odor for a while, but it seems to be mostly gone by the next day. I'd rather smoke outside but much of the year is just too cold here. At first I thought it might pose a problem smoking inside, but it's not a big deal and doesn't bother my non-smoking wife so it's all good.

[Old Smokey]

It is all weather dependent and how badly I want a cigar. I sometimes smoke in my mancave/music room. I generally open a window and set a box fan up and suck out the smoke. My back patio is shaded by 4:30-5pm so I sit out there when it is tolerable. If it's raining I sit on the screened porch. Sometimes I close the BR door, open the window and back door and if there is any breeze it sucks out the smoke. However I decide to do it my wife never complains. I only smoke about 3 cigars a week and have never detected a lingering cigar smell and my kids and grandkids have never mentioned the house smelling like cigars.

[AlanS]

Never smoked indoors aside from at a Lounge or B&M, but if we're I'd invest in Rabbit Air. Excellent air cleaning.

[Big Bull]

I smoke in my basement. I have deep window wells. I put a fan in the window sucking out and a fan behind me blowing twards the window. Seems to work fairly well.

[Schatzman]

Never smoked indoors aside from at a Lounge or B&M, but if we're I'd invest in Rabbit Air. Excellent air cleaning.

I have a rabbit air with the smoke kit and have been disappointed to be honest. I have a "cigar room" in my house which has a TV, leather sofas, and a humidor cabinet along with other cigar storage devices. I am the only one who uses the room and rarely have anyone over. While the rabbit air helps with the odor, it isn't a "smoke eater". You really need more then just the rabbit air. I am still trying to figure out what that other device is.

[bluenoser]

Only ever smoked indoors a handful of times, at friends places that do, but never at my own place. Just feels weird doing so. If I had a garage or man cave separate from the house I probably would because I hate having to rely on the weather to get a smoke in. (tonight it's cool, windy and drizzling out so no smoke for me). I've just never liked the lingering smell of it, plus the wife's %100 anti smoking and I don't want the kids around it. I would love to have a place setup above a garage, where I don't need to be concerned with wind and rain (or ridiculously cold Saskatchewan winters) , with some air exchange system in place for a man cave that I could smoke in and keep the lingering odor away from the house, but for now I'm stuck relying on the weather.

[Branzig]

When I was in college I smoked indoors. Mainly because I was a writer, and chain smoking is a part of any writer's healthy diet. Everything in my "office" stunk. I stunk all the time. It gets musty when smoking indoors.

Now that I have a family, I am a strict none smoker in the house. Don't my wife or kids to have to smell it or breathe it. I do smoke in the garage though, just make sure the door is part way up.

If weather is an issue, I say embrace it. To me, poor weather is nature's way of making me practice moderation :p

[Zeede]

It probably helps that cigar smoke smells much nicer than cigarette smoke.

[Branzig]

It probably helps that cigar smoke smells much nicer than cigarette smoke.
I was smoking cigars and pipes. Still stunk like a cheap bar. [emoji14]

Sure it may smell a bit better. But smoke is smoke.

Whenever I build a shop, I'm gonna make a man cave out there. Complete with the leather arm chairs and big ol tv for sports. That way I can kinda smoke inside somewhere and not worry about the house.

[WNYTONY]

Smoke inside my office in the winter months - 1 cigar a day. Installed and inline fan that works pretty well and will use Ozium and / or Pure Ayre to help get rid of any lingering odor. Tolerable for the wife as it's not a common area room and if I go a few days without it usually clears to the point you can't really tell.

[penna stogey]

Forbidden Territory in the Stogey household....Love my go-to Garage smoke anytime, 27/7. Plus endless mugs of BEER

[herman]

I spent nearly 6 months smoking inside an apartment once a week. I had 2 sliding glass doors to a patio where I kept one open, and used a fan to blow the smoke out. I would leave the windows open for a couple hours afterwards and the place reeked for a few days, but seemed to have no lasting effects. Wife didn't notice when she visited on the weekends, and when we moved out nothing was ever said.

[projectsunfire]

I am going to try not to ever smoke in the house unless I have a proper ventilation system set up in the office. My primary concern is if I smoked in the house I would probably start smoking way more

[DrBob]

I am going to try not to ever smoke in the house unless I have a proper ventilation system set up in the office. My primary concern is if I smoked in the house I would probably start smoking way more

This.

[jhedrick83]

I don't smoke in the house, maybe one day I can talk my way into a man cave for it. I will say if you do, check out Lampe Berger I never thought much ofh them until I was in a b&m one day and a guy came in a bought one. I started talking to the guy behind the counter about them. He lit it up, put it out and I was impressed with how well it was clearing the air. Keep in mind this place is not well ventilated. They are fairly cheap and the oil for them comes in a wide range of scents and a neutral.

[Jordan23]

I don't smoke in the house for a lot of reasons (my wife hates it, some of my guests hate it, it lingers, etc.)

I mostly fire up in my garage or at a family member's home who smokes.

[droy1958]

I occasionally smoke in my office when it's too cold. I just open the window, shut the door and turn on my portable heater. When I'm out back grilling, I'll sometimes go in and out with my cigar. The wifey doesn't mind the smoke. Actually, she likes the aroma of most of them....

[Indyhp]

My wife asks that I not smoke in the house, and I'm fine with that mostly.

I smoked a cigar in the garage once last winter and failed to crack the door, and the entire 3-car garage reeked of stale cigar for a week even with me airing it out every night while I was home.

For me, going outside is really the only option. I too live in a hot, humid climate, and in the summer I change into shorts, flip-flops and a T and turn on the ceiling fan on my back porch.

If I were ever to set up a smoking room, I would (1) ventilate the heck out of it while smoking, and (2) remove all soft furnishings and floor and window coverings---leather and hardwood only.

[Sweet Cigars]

My wife asks that I not smoke in the house, and I'm fine with that mostly.

I smoked a cigar in the garage once last winter and failed to crack the door, and the entire 3-car garage reeked of stale cigar for a week even with me airing it out every night while I was home.

For me, going outside is really the only option. I too live in a hot, humid climate, and in the summer I change into shorts, flip-flops and a T and turn on the ceiling fan on my back porch.

If I were ever to set up a smoking room, I would (1) ventilate the heck out of it while smoking, and (2) remove all soft furnishings and floor and window coverings---leather and hardwood only.

How about dem misquotes? That's worse then the heat and the humidity. I too have to smoke outside on my back porch and it's not screened in. Sometimes I smoke in the garage but it's way to hot even with a fan during the summer.

[projectsunfire]

How about dem misquotes? That's worse then the heat and the humidity. I too have to smoke outside on my back porch and it's not screened in. Sometimes I smoke in the garage but it's way to hot even with a fan during the summer.

This is a huge issue here. Luckily my porch is screened in but I go to my buddies house sometimes and bring him cigars and his porch is not screened in. I always come home with a dozen bites. Those No-see-ums eat me alive every time


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Bruck]

I picked up one of these, works great, just be sure to not smoke near the furnace air intake :(


http://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-50250-S-99-97-Round-Purifier/dp/B00007E7RY (http://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-50250-S-99-97-Round-Purifier/dp/B00007E7RY)

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51GCX1SGHQL._SY450_.jpg

& dang it, now I see it's $18 cheaper than what I paid for it a few months ago.

[OldSkoolTarHeel]

Back when I owned my home I never smoke indoors, but now that I'm renting, I can't wait to own another home. I've already got it planned out in my head. Giant smoke room/rec room, it's going to be Legen-Wait for it-dary!!!

[Win]

Smoking in your house will really show after a while. I've been in too many homes where you can tell immediately that a smoker lives there. I have no idea how my wife put up with my cigarettes when we were first married! (I quit in 1987)

I've resolved that it's outdoors or nothing, just have to learn to live with it. We don't have humidity but it's 100+ for almost 90 days a year. I sit in the shade in the evening read a book and it's no problem.

[Indyhp]

How about dem misquotes? That's worse then the heat and the humidity. I too have to smoke outside on my back porch and it's not screened in. Sometimes I smoke in the garage but it's way to hot even with a fan during the summer.When the misquotes are out, I burn a Repel Insect Repellant Stake punk stick, available at Wally World. I can usually get three smoke sessions from one stick. Works pretty well.

[Sweet Cigars]

When the misquotes are out, I burn a Repel punk stick, available at Wally World. I can usually get two smoke sessions from one stick. Works pretty well.

I'm surrounded by tiki torches but they have those ninja mosquitoes....

[Hermit]

Two words:
Window Fan
:D

[OldSkoolTarHeel]

When the misquotes are out, I burn a Repel Insect Repellant Stake punk stick, available at Wally World. I can usually get three smoke sessions from one stick. Works pretty well.

Back when I had a balcony in my apartment, I tried seemingly everything to keep those things away. I tried citronella candles, bug spray, even those stupid bracelet things. It didn't seem to me that anything worked very well.

[LGHT]

Like several others the garage is what I do. If it's attached it's just a short walk and works great as a man cave.

[fastnbulbous]

I have smoked in the house, but only when kids and wife were out for a couple of days Had a fan going the whole time smoking and no one noticed when they got back. It has been a long time since I have had that opportunity, but would do it again, if I had a day or so to air out the house. Mostly the Garage for me. Sometimes outside, sometimes cigar bar when out on the town or too cold.

A funny aside. My first cigar (or so), I jokingly asked my wife if I could smoke in the basement and she said yes. Well I knew that I shouldn't, so I stepped out to smoke and came back in. She walked by me and said that she changed her mind, no more smoking in the house. I told her that smell was just me after having smoked. I was then greeted with a big eye roll and head shake. Heh Heh Heh.

[thechasm442]

I smoke inside all the time because idgaf. If someone doesn't like it they know where the door is.

I do use open windows, Pur Ayre, and activated charcoal. I've had numerous people tell me they can't even tell I smoked the day before.

[Zeede]

Austin Air makes a nice air purifier. The filter reportedly lasts FIVE YEARS, and they will prorate you the cost of a new one if it doesn't.

If I didn't really care about the smell of my garage I'd probably invest in one.

[Hardheaded]

We have a spare bedroom I use sometimes in the winter. Simply open the window and have the air purifier blow out the window. No real smoke smell problems. Once I move I am converting a basement bedroom to a smoking lounge, and will likely live in that house for a good long time so no worries about any lingering smell down there.

[LAN CERO]

I set-up my computer 'station' next to the sliding glass door leading out to my backyard. The door is to my right. On my left, at about 10 o'clock, I have one 12" turbo-fan aimed straight out that door. The airflow is about parallel with the wall my computer is up against. To my left at about 8 o'clock, is a small 16" tower fan, aimed mostly toward the face of my computer. I've fanangled it such that the vast majority of the smoke exits my mouth and is blown outside to my right, through the open door.

When I enter the room after being away for awhile, I'm not smelling anything lingering around. To be sure, the ozium or Febreeze are handy if I ever do. The downside is, the airflow is not powerful enough to defeat the flys that intrude, LOL. Thus, a little investment is fly-strips and fly-paper for the windows, which they invariably are attracted to in seeking exit.

[Ropey]

Reminds me of a neighbor I used to have. He was retired and smoked cigarettes inside his small place. He was a shut-in and had been there so long that not only were all the windows yellow with tar buildup, but the tar had gotten so thick that you could see ripples where it was starting to slowly, slowly drip and run down.