The Best Air Purifier for Cigarette Smoke

~Recommendation and How To Buy

Air purifier for cigarette smoke is designed for that purpose.

To get rid of cigarette smoke.

Many smokers buy smoke removal air purifiers in an effort to improve the indoor air quality as well as to eliminate the effects of second hand smoke. Indeed in a house where there is only occasional smoking happening, a smoke removal air purifier can help tremendously.

One caution though.

Not all air purifier advertised for removing tobacco smoke is created equal. Some work better than others. You might not know this. But many people buy discount air purifier in an effort to deal with cigarette smoke and then complain that the air purifier does not make any difference.

For customers who know what it takes to purify dirty air, the answer is obvious. You cannot buy a cheap air purifier and hope it will be able to handle smoke which is one of the primary cause of dirty air.

Hence, when it comes to tobacco smoking, only a handful of smoke removal air purifier can deal with that.

We hope that this article helps you to choose the best smoke air purifier for rooms with moderate amount of smoke, so that you can avoid wasting money buying a useless air purifier. There is also a recommendation of air purifier for cigarette smoke which will make a difference in your indoor air.

NOTE: If you are instead looking for a powerful home smoke eater air purifier which can deal with heavy smoking, click here.

How to Choose Air Purifier for Cigarette Smoke (Moderate Smoking Only)

Some households are exposed to occasional cigarette smoking which perhaps happens during a certain time of the day for 1-2 hours at the most. Or sometimes there are houses where they are exposed to smoke when there are friends/relatives visiting.

If smoking happens only occasionally then we strongly recommend to first, ventilate the rooms during or after the smoking activities. And then to switch on a cigar smoke air purifier.

But how to choose the best air purifier for cigarette smoke ?

To know how to choose a smoke removal air purifier properly, it is important to know how it works. Basically, the air purifier for cigarette smoke has to be good enough to capture a wide range of air particulates.

Thus, the best air purifier for smoke should have at least these following stages of air purification:

• Prefilter stage - this is the stage where large sized contaminants are captured.
• HEPA filtration stage - this is the stages where smaller contaminants up to 0.3 micron in sized are arrested.
• Carbon or chemical filtration stage - this is the stage where gases and smoke are captured.

Apart from those, the best air purifier for cigar smoke has tight housing to prevent the bypass of unclean air from the filter and secondly, the best air purifier should have a sufficient amount of gas filter (carbon or chemicals) such that these filters can absorb large amount of gases. By that, we mean that there should be at least a couple of pounds of them.

In regards of this, it is important to recognize that not all air purifier for tobacco smoke is equipped with enough carbon. Only a few employ sufficient amount of carbon or chemicals to really make a difference.

If you are serious on removing tobacco smoke from your home, your job is to find those few gems and buy one of them. Below, you will find recommendation of air purifier for cigarette smoke.

Recommendation of the Best Air Purifier for Smoke

For removing moderate amount of smoke, you can use one of our recommendation below or use the heavy-duty home smoke eater air purifier . However, if you are not looking at curbing large amount of smoke, buying a heavy-duty smoke air purifier can be an overkill, especially in terms of price.

The economical choice for that would be either the Austin Healthmate Plus Series, NQ Clarifier and the Allerair Series. The IQAir gas series, while the best in the market for curbing smoke, is expensive. So it should be reserved for heavy duty cleaning only.

Below are smoke removal air purifiers which contains decent amount of carbon for overall room cleaning and can be used to remove moderate amount of smoke:

IQAir HealthPro Air Purifier

For moderate smoke removal, IQAir HealthPro is simply the best in the market. It has all the features of IQAir Gas (prefilter, good quality HEPA filter and carbon filter), but it has less amount of carbon (6lb) than the IQAir GC (gas) series. It basically has a leak-proof design which prevent any sort of dirty air leakage to the room as well as high quality filters and prefilters. In addition, this air purifier is pretty quiet and has filter monitoring system so that you only change certain type of filters, for instance: carbon, HEPA or prefilter, as indicated. It is suitable for room with area of around 900 sq ft.

Blueair with smokestop series

BlueAir with smokestop is one of the best air purifier for cigarette smoke. It has a good amount of carbon and chemical (5 lb) for cigar smoke removal, but the amount is significantly lower than the dedicated gas air purifier such as IQAir Gas Series and Austin Healthmate Plus series.

It utilizes several technologies, including carbon for gas absorption, HEPA and electrostatic filter for dust, pollen and bigger particulates.

However, this smoke air purifier does not have a prefilter in front of the expensive filters (carbon and HEPA) so that their filter life is pretty short (6 months, compared to the usual 3 years of the other quality air purifiers). If you want to extend the life of the HEPA filter to approximately 1 year, you can do so by vacuuming the filter. Blue Air air purifier is also very well known for its quietness, so it can be used in the bedroom. It is suitable for rooms between 400-650 sqfeet.

Austin Air HEGA (High Efficiency Gas Adsorption) Purifier

Austin Air HEGA Purifier is a good, yet economical air purifier for cigarette smoke. It utilizes carbon cloth instead of the usual granulated carbon as its carbon filter.

There are four stages of purification using this purifier:

• two prefilter stages,
• HEPA filter stage, and finally
• carbon filter stage.

Since the carbon filtration stage is preceded by two prefilter and one HEPA filter stage, its carbon filter lasts for a long time. This is very economical because carbon filters are one of the expensive filter component in any air purifier. Its HEPA filter too last a long time since there are two prefilter stages in front of it.

In short, this smoke air purifier is highly economical and easy to maintain; it has long-lasting filters, energy efficient and pretty cheap to buy.

The drawback is that, this tobacco smoke air purifier does not have filter change indicator, so you will have to keep track how old your filters are. It is also not quiet, so it is definitely a no-no in the bedroom. It is suitable for room with the area of 600 sq ft.

Happy shopping !

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Other articles on smoke air purifier:

• Best Home Smoke Eater for Heavy Amount of Smoke
• General Guide for Shopping Cigarette Smoke Air Purifier

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