# Cigarette smell

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/cigarette-smell/17001>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 21, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cigarette-smell/17001 "2008-07-21T03:04:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![vivace41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d2c977/32.png) [@vivace41](https://community.cartalk.com/u/vivace41)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cigarette-smell/17001/1 "2008-07-21T03:04:39Z")

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Is it possible to effectively remove the smell of long term cigarette smoke from a car?

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**Author:** ![Beadsandbeads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Beadsandbeads](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Beadsandbeads)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 4:18am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cigarette-smell/17001/2 "2008-07-21T04:18:27Z")

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Possibly with a lot of elbow grease. You will have to clean everything very well.

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**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2008, 10:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cigarette-smell/17001/3 "2008-07-21T22:17:12Z")

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It’d probably be easier to just pay a detail shop to clean it for you, they deal with that kinda stuff a lot.