Help! I went down to my local Honda dealer and bought a used 2006 Honda Civic. When I drove it I thought I smelled something funny, but it wasn’t very strong. I thought it was a used car sitting around smell. I was a sucker. It got worse and worse and I finally identified it as smoke smell in t…

I was afraid of that, I’ll try all the other suggestions though. Cigarette smoke is really miserable.

I didn’t realize it was smoky, I was a sucker, as I said in my posting. I agree with you, but I’ve got to try to get it to the point where I can stand it.

Thank you. That’s very helpful. I’ve been trying to get in touch with the man who owns the detailing shop in town, but haven’t been able to reach him. I’ll just keep trying. Then, I expect I’ll have to do some scrubbing on my own as per some of the other replies.

My suggestion is that you take about fifty air fresheners, of different types, and duct tape them to the roof. Keep the windows open in the summer. And, finally, don’t let smokers into your car. That should do it.

If you can get an air purifier that emits ozone, you may be able to do the job. Ozone is chemically reactive with the smoke smell, and will break it down chemically wherever it is in the car. If the cigarette smoke got into something, so can the ozone. Leave it in the car overnight on full blast,…

I once bought a used car that had been owned by a smoker. Evidently, the dealer had sprayed it with something that hid the smell for the first two weeks. I sprinkled baking soda over the carpets and seats and let it sit for a day, then vacuumed. Then I sprayed it with Febreeze several times. The…

We had exactly the same problem with a used 97 Honda Accord wagon that we bought, c. 2000. Someone suggested Fabreze, so I bought a bottle and my son used it all on the interior of the car. After this the car smelled worse, a sickening combination of Fabreze perfume and old cigarette smoke. So I …

Watch out, ozone can be harmful to the lungs. from a web page: http://www.air-purifier-power.com/ozone-air-purification-danger.html O3 is a toxic gas with vastly different chemical and toxicological properties from O2. It is chemically reactive, and destroys itself by attacking other chemicals. Th…

How long have you owned it? time/miles? A good car dealer that are not snakes will likely let you return with little apparent loss for another car on their lot.

How do I get the strong smell of cigarette smoke out of a used car?

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Bill_Russell February 20, 2008, 2:03am 18

all air fresheners do is cover up odors with their own scent. they do nothing to remove odors in fabric, etc.

You have been listening to too many TV ads. An odor is nothing more than small particles in the air. Putting different odors in the air from an air freshener can’t possibly remove any odor particles, it just adds more.

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How do I get the strong smell of cigarette smoke out of a used car?

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