How long does the smell linger if you smoke an e-cig indoors?

Most of us are well aware that smoking is not healthy. That is why there are many smokers and non-smokers who instead decide to vape on the modern and smart e-cigarettes, which instead of tobacco contain both flavor, aroma and nicotine in liquid form with vegetable glycerin as the main ingredient.

E-cigarettes, which consist of a burner, a tank and a battery, are also a better alternative to regular cigarettes, because it is vapor instead of smoke and not even close to the same amount of harmful substances.

Vaping is therefore a completely different way to smoke. Among other things because it is done by lighting the “cigarette” with the help of a button and not with fire - and the best is that you do not expose yourself, your home or your loved ones to the smell of the sharp and harmful tobacco smoke.

What is an e-cigarette?

An e-cigarette is also called an electronic cigarette. It consists of a burner, 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 wishes. 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 4000 harmful substances that regular cigarettes contain. This also includes the substances that quickly cling to your clothes and furniture and make your home smell of 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 flavors; you can also choose to smoke with a flavor of, for example, tobacco. The difference then is that it is a smoke-free alternative and that the smell of tobacco does not linger, neither in your clothes nor in your furniture. The vapor disappears into the air when you exhale.

Get rid of the sharp smell of cigarette smoke

One of the advantages of vaping is that you no longer need to smell smoke long after you have smoked a cigarette. E-cigarettes create vapor and therefore you can completely avoid smelling after your smoke break and even avoid the smell of tobacco smoke at home. When you vape you inhale vapor instead of smoke and the vapors you exhale disappear quickly from the air again. This means that the smell does not set into your furniture and the like, and therefore there will not be a cigarette smell in your home when you switch to vape.

E-cigarettes with vapor are better than cigarettes with smoke

If you have made the choice and started vaping, you no longer need to worry about bad odors in the home. The vapor from e-cigarettes does not smell in the same way, because the vapor quickly disappears from the air. The vapor also does not contain tar or other harmful substances that smell, as you are used to 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 a tendency to penetrate and settle into something. This means that your home will quickly smell of stale cigarette smoke because the smoke settles into all furniture, curtains, carpets, cushions and even walls. But all of this you completely avoid if you vape instead. The vapor disappears quickly and the smell does not settle in the same way.

How to get rid of the nasty cigarette smoke?

If you have recently chosen to put the cigarettes on the shelf 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 to eliminate bad odor and thus get a fresh and wonderful start to your transition to e-cigarettes.

To clean your furniture and fabric in general such as cushions, carpets and curtains you need, among other things:

• Household vinegar
• Baking powder
• Cleaning cloths
• A bucket

If your cushions, curtains and blankets smell of cigarette smoke you can remove the cover and wash it in the washing machine together with ca. 500 ml 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 odor of tobacco you can choose to use baking powder. You must distribute the powder over the entire sofa or mattress to remove it all. You can advantageously use a small sieve, which facilitates the work process because you can sprinkle it over the sofa or mattress in an even layer. Let the baking powder sit and act for about 30-60 minutes.

You can clean walls and other smooth surfaces with vinegar and water. If you have wallpaper in your home it will probably have absorbed a lot of tobacco smoke as well. Here you can in a large bucket mix 75% vinegar and 25% water 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 properly at home, regardless of whether you are a smoker or not. Especially after cleaning with vinegar and baking powder there are good reasons to do a thorough ventilation in the house.

But in addition to that you should also make it a habit to air out every day for 5-10 minutes. This helps you achieve a better, fresher and healthier indoor climate in your home, even when you vape indoors.

End of the stink-inducing ashtrays

Another and good advantage of switching to an electronic cigarette is that you no longer need to have ashtrays standing on the table. No more smell-ridden sour ashtrays, no more burn holes in carpets, clothes or furniture. The smart e-cigarettes do not produce ash, and there is not a butt to stub out when you are finished smoking. The only thing you need to do is to switch off your e-cigarette and then put the electronic cigarette in your pocket when you are 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 whole home smell of sour smoke.