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Clean Your Ashtrays with Ease. Any smoker knows that ashes stick to ashtrays. You can stop this by putting various substances into your ashtrays, including furniture polish, which stops ashes from sticking to your ashtrays at all. Brushes can also help in getting off stubborn ashes.

Dealing with Cigarette Smoke. Smokers, those who live with smokers, and friends of smokers can all have problems dealing with smoke smells. Refusing to allow smoking in your home and using these other tips can help to eliminate smoke smells. Certain kinds of air purifiers, potpourri, or air fresheners can all help to disguise or remove smoke smells.

Removing Nicotine Stains. Nicotine stains can be difficult if not impossible to remove. If you have years of buildup, wash the walls with a mixture of water and trisodium phosphate. You can also use ammonia, either straight or mixed with vinegar and liquid detergent.

Removing Nicotine Stains - Video. If you have ever smoked, or lived with a smoker, then you know the pain of trying to remove nicotine stains. Here are some great ways to be able to remove those stains, and make your house—and you—look great.

Removing Tobacco Odors and Stains from Clothing. Tobacco odors and stains are gross and sometimes impossible to remove from your clothes. Don't lose heart though because you actually can remove those stains and still have great looking clothes.

Whitening Tobacco-Stained Whites. As any current or ex-smoker can tell you, few things are more difficult than removing tobacco stains from clothing. How do you go about removing those annoyingly grungy discolorations from your garments? Here is how an amateur can get professional results.