AIR PURIFIER FOR SMOKERS – ELIMINATING SMOKE ODOR AND TOXINS
If you or someone you love or live with smokes, then you should consider buying an air purifier for smokers to at least lessen the toxic hazard that secondhand smoke brings. The best solution, of course, is to stop smoking altogether or let the person smoke outside the room. In any case, if someone smokes in your room or nearby, we suggest you use an air purifier for smokers to improve the condition of your indoor air.
Most of us probably know that secondhand smoke is harmful to our bodies. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, secondhand smoke is the mixture of smoke that comes from the burning end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar and smokes exhaled by the smoker. Secondhand smoke is a mixture of over 4,000 compounds, more than 40 of which are known to cause cancer in humans or animals and many of which are strong irritants. It is also called passive smoking.
The problem with smoking is that once smoke is released into a room, a great amount of toxins and contaminants stick to the walls, furniture and any other objects inside your house. The toxins can also stick to carpet, bedding and light bulbs in the room. Once the contaminants from the smoke have attached themselves to objects in the room, they start to out gas their toxins. It is difficult to deal with eliminating smoke odor just using an air purifier alone and that is why we suggest first to eliminate the source of the smoke, if possible. However, if that fact cannot be changed or avoided at the moment then use air purifier for smokers.
Here are some air purifiers for smokers that should help to improve the condition of your indoor air:
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Blueair 402 Air Purifier with SmokeStop Filter. This item is the perfect air purifier for smokers for a mid-sized bedroom of up to 365 square feet. Blueair uses patented HEPASilent and electrostatic technology that captures 99.97% of the tiniest 0.1 micron particles including pollen, dust mites, mold spores and pet dander. It also removes gas, chemical and odor, and is virtually silent on low speeds.
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IQAir GC Series Air Purifiers. There are four specialized models for volatile organic compounds (VOCs), smoke control, multiple chemical sensitivity and odor or chemical control. The IQAir Gas Control (GC) Series monitor their own filter’s useful life and air qualities.
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IQAir Health Pro Compact Plus Air Purifier. This model is around 4 inches shorter than the full-sized Health Pro Models but still have the ability to purify areas up to 800 to 900 square feet. It has two filters and uses the same Hyper HEPA filter as the bigger models so it is able to filter out tiny, harmful allergens and pollutants. The second filter in the IQAir Health Pro Compact Plus is a HiFlow pre-filter which screens out 90% of all larger allergens.
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Austin Air Purifier Healthmate. Designed for asthma and allergy sufferers, this air purifier for smokers includes a pre-filter that traps and removes large particles from the air first. The Austin Air Purifier Healthmate HEPA filter is then able to remove smaller particles present in the air. Austin Air Healthmate is able to remove 99.97% of all particles in the air that are down to 0.03 microns in size. It also contains special types of chemical compounds that are used to treat gases or odors in the air.
