does it purify the air from second hand cigarette smoke?
2042884
Yes. I used to live with a heavy smoker and had a Honeywell HEPA filter system at the time. As long as you are on top of replacing filters it makes a huge difference.
909229
I don't smoke and there are no smokers in my home or office so I can't give you an answer. It has taken care of dust in my office and home.
1637234
It does not indicate in the specifications, however it does have a HEPA filter which will help eliminate the toxins from smoke.
531200
Yes, it will read cigarette smoke in the air. It will show separate readings for the large particles and the small particles but it doesn't tell you if the particles are smoke, dust, pollen, mold spores, etc.....
909230
I don't smoke, but it really does a good job cleaning out dust from the air (I live next to a road, and the road dust is bad). I think you will be happy with it. You might just need to change filters more often
1505476
I believe it does, but I can't quantify it for you! Basically, we see significantly less dust in the room we use it in as compared to before we bought it and in rooms we don't have an air purifier. We live on the cusp of central Texas going to west Texas, which means lots of dust and wind to blow it into the house, so we are very happy with it.
968640
I haven't had to use it for that. I am sure it will remove tobacco stains the doors in carpets and fabrics can be harder to remove. Especially if they have been there awhile. I know professionals sometimes use a good air purifier .
1955196
I've never used it for that purpose. It has a charcoal filter which sits on top of the HEPA filter. It does remove odors fairly well and I've set it up in the kitchen when I've burned something to remove the odor. It did a good job of that in my opinion. Cigarette smoke is different in some ways but I think this would probably help. With cigarette smoke you have tars and other substances which cling to furnishings and surfaces which would have to be cleaned in addition to filtering the air.
1055510
It does generate a fair amount of smoke. My wife made me use it outside to keep the smell at bay. The one time we used it inside it did not set our detector off.
1875458
No, but I only used it one season and then never bothered with it again. Next year's tag sale item! I thought it was too big, and the filter never really seemed to need cleaning. I bought it to remove particulate matter - smoke - that might get into the house from using the fireplace in the winter, but I don't think it's really made for that.
243797
No. It just works. And it does. I bought a car where the previous owner was a smoker and it worked great clearing out the lingering odor.
40522
We do not smoke but we have had dogs and it removes the dog smell. Plus we live in a rural area and there is a lot of skunks that get hit on the road near us. and this removes that odor as well. So i would imagine that it would remove smoke odor. Hope that helps.
247750
Not really. Even when covered it still makes smoke. My solution is to use it just under my kitchen exhaust and then I don't have smoke problems.
1825781
No. It does help clear the air but not for very long. Have not used it directly on fabrics. My neighbors are smokers so I am constantly using carpet deodorizer and odor absorbers along with the product.
63700
It only has a plastic air filter that is "ionized" (think static electricity) to attract/remove particulates from the air. Neither unit really "purifies" the air.
105467
It does reduce cigarette smoke a bit. However; I would suggest the best method to deal with lingering smoke odors is using a duct cleaning service every other year and shampooing carpets.
1167802
No, I found that the smoke is minimal and really caused no problem. I enjoy using mine.