Most of us are well aware that smoking is not healthy. That is precisely why there are also many smokers and non-smokers who instead decide to “vape” on modern and smart e-cigarettes, which instead of tobacco contain flavour, aroma and nicotine in liquid form, with vegetable glycerin as the main ingredient.
The e-cigarettes, which consist of an atomiser, a tank and a battery, are also a better alternative to regular cigarettes, since it is vapour instead of smoke and does not contain anything near the same amount of harmful substances.
Vaping is therefore a completely different way of smoking. Among other things, because it is done by lighting the “cigarette” with the help of a button and not with the help of fire—and the best thing is that you do not expose yourself, your home or those close to you to the smell of the harsh and harmful tobacco smoke.
What is an e-cigarette?
An e-cigarette is also called an electronic cigarette. It consists of an atomiser, a tank and a battery. The battery in an e-cigarette is rechargeable and has a capacity measured in mAh. Inside the tank there is room for the e-juice you choose according to your own preferences. You can choose between many different types, such as fruit, pancake, vanilla and many others.
When you smoke an e-cigarette, you avoid the more than 4,000 harmful substances contained in regular cigarettes. This also includes the substances that quickly settle in your clothes and furniture and make your home smell like cigarettes and nicotine.
If you want to find a good alternative to the foul-smelling cigarettes that contain tobacco, the electronic cigarette is an obvious choice. You do not necessarily have to use sweet fruit flavours; you can also choose to smoke with a flavour such as tobacco. The difference then is that it is a smoke-free alternative and that the smell of tobacco does not linger, either in your clothes or in your furniture. The vapour disappears into the air when you exhale.
Get rid of the harsh smell of cigarette smoke
One of the advantages of vaping is that you no longer have to smell of smoke long after smoking a cigarette. E-cigarettes create vapour, and therefore you can completely avoid smelling after your smoking break and even avoid the smell of tobacco smoke at home. When you vape, you inhale vapour instead of smoke, and the vapour you exhale quickly disappears from the air again. This means that the smell does not settle in your furniture and similar items, and therefore your home will not smell of cigarettes when you switch to vaping.
E-cigarettes with vapour are better than cigarettes with smoke
If you have made the choice and started vaping, you no longer need to worry about bad odours in your home. The vapour from e-cigarettes does not smell in the same way, because the vapour quickly disappears from the air. The vapour also does not contain tar or other harmful substances that smell, as you know them from regular cigarettes, and you therefore do not need to ventilate in the same way as if you had smoked a tobacco cigarette indoors. Cigarette smoke has the ability to penetrate and settle into things. This means that your home will quickly smell of pungent cigarette smoke because the smoke settles in all furniture, curtains, carpets, cushions and even walls. But you avoid all of this completely if you vape instead. The vapour disappears quickly and the smell does not settle in the same way.
How can you get rid of the pungent cigarette smoke?
If you have recently chosen to put cigarettes aside and start vaping, your home has probably already been exposed to the harmful and foul-smelling cigarette smoke. Therefore, here is a detailed little guide that can help eliminate bad odours and thereby give you a fresh and wonderful start to your transition to e-cigarettes.
To clean your furniture and fabrics in general, such as cushions, carpets and curtains, you will need, among other things:
- Household vinegar
- Baking soda
- Cleaning cloths
- A bucket
If your cushions, curtains and blankets smell of cigarette smoke, you can remove the covers and wash them in the washing machine together with approx. 500 ml of vinegar. This should remove the bad smell and leave the fabric clean and fresh.
Unfortunately, cigarette smoke also settles in your furniture. For example, in your sofa, but also in your mattresses. To get rid of the smell of tobacco, you can choose to use baking soda. You must distribute the powder over the entire sofa or mattress to remove everything. You can advantageously use a small sieve, which makes the process easier because you can sprinkle it over the sofa or mattress in an even layer. Let the baking soda sit and work for approx. 30–60 minutes.
You can clean walls and other smooth surfaces with vinegar and water. If you have wallpaper in your home, it has probably also absorbed a lot of tobacco smoke. Here you can mix 75% vinegar and 25% water in a large bucket and clean all the walls in the home with a cloth.
Make sure to ventilate every day
It is always a good idea to ventilate your home properly, regardless of whether you are a smoker or not. Especially after cleaning with vinegar and baking soda, there are good reasons to ventilate the house thoroughly.
But apart from that, you should also make it a habit to air out your home every day for 5–10 minutes. This will help you achieve a better, fresher and healthier indoor climate in your home, even when you vape indoors.
Goodbye to the foul-smelling ashtrays
Another good advantage of switching to an electronic cigarette is that you no longer need to have ashtrays standing on the table. Goodbye to the smelly, sour ashtrays, and no more burn holes in carpets, clothes or furniture. The smart e-cigarettes do not produce ash, and there is no cigarette butt to dispose of when you have finished smoking. The only thing you need to make sure of is to turn off your e-cigarette and then put the electronic cigarette in your pocket when you have finished vaping.
All in all, electronic cigarettes are a good alternative to regular tobacco cigarettes, not only because they do not contain real tobacco, but also because they do not make your entire home smell of stale smoke.
