Can smoking around my laptop harm it?

Question

if u are gonna say "its probably harming u more" dont bother cause i know thats true, i just want to know if cigarette smoke can break my laptop or if its bad for it, thanks

Answer 1

Actually it can, it creates a nasty yellow film under the keyboard, now it takes a lot to do it, but yeah it can....

Answer 2

Sort of. Smoking releases tar and other particulates into the air. These particles are sticky and will stick to the fan and other electronics and attract more dust in your laptop making it more prone to overheating. It takes quite a lot of smoking though. The same tar residue will build up on your screen leading to more frequent cleaning which will eventually wear away the coating.

Answer 3

my boyfriend used to smoke near his laptop

its keyboads changed their colour to yellow

don't harm your laptop

Answer 4

yes  smoke gets in the keys and it harms the wires aka it burnes them and the internet will stop and the keys dont work!

Answer 5

I hope not...I doubt it.  It makes the screen have a smoke film though so make sure you clean it with the appropriate cleaner.

Answer 6

Yeah, the smoke can stick to the components and cause problems from the buildup.

Plus it might get cancer.

Answer 7

Could turn laptop into a PDA....... Seriously, if running in a heavy smoke area eventually the tars and gasses in the air can cause some connectivity problems, or heating problems as the smoke gathers with the collected dust particles and contributes to overheating of components..... Not something that is going to happen overnight, though...... Ideally keep the room well circulated with a fan, or take the laptop outside on the patio using a WiFi home network to connect to the web......

Answer 8

Apart from the discoloration, nope.

Answer 9

no  other  than  getting  yopur  screen  yellow  and  it  smelling  no  the  screen  will wipe  off

Answer 10

Hey where you been man you can´t be smoking round your LT, have´nt you notice it sometimes slows down? its all that passive smoke man the hard drives breathing that sxxt in. Give it up, not just for you, but your laptop. Seriously only way your LT will be effected by smoke is if you light a fire under it

Answer 11

urm some screens colour can get damaged by smoke but nothing else i can think of

Answer 12

h**l no, and if its a different kind of smoke your laptop might even talk to you!

Answer 13

Well as much as smoke getting into a fan can. I wouldn't say it's going to definately ruin it or anything, my mate has his desktop in his living room, where he (and other people) are costantly smoking. And that works fine.

Not to mention the only harm I can think of would be a discolouration of your monitor and casing, otherwise I really wouldn't worry about it mate!

Answer 14

Ashes on the keyboard would do a little harm, but cigarette smoke is usually not congested enough to do any harm.

Answer 15

thats a work laptop - smoking in the workplace - youre under arrest.

Answer 16

its probably harming u more

Answer 17

Yes if it fell on your laptop it would break it

Answer 18

yes! duh .. all laptops suffer from second-hand smoke

Answer 19

I don't think so. I had a friend who knew a lot about computers and she smoked around hers all the time. Just try not to get any ash in the keyboard or anything.

Answer 20

no it cannot the air would not travel that far and even if it did it would be exacced through the coolin fans

Answer 21

Yes they dont like grass.

Answer 22

Yes

Answer 23

No.

Answer 24

you are more worried about breaking you computer that damaging your lungs??

i know u don't wanna hear it someone's gotta say it!!

Answer 25

well it could clog up the fan if you smoke enough a around it but that would take many years but make sure to clean the fan blades and if you know how to with out breaking it take it apart and wipe the insides clean

Answer 26

probably

Answer 27

It might get cancer too. Good Luck!!!

Have a great day!!!

Answer 28

NO!   I, for my sins, have been a heavy smoker all my life and am not going to change now.  Does not affect the lappy apart from the fact that the screen needs cleaning more than a non smokers.  How ever, i took a look inside a 3 year old IBM thinkpad T42 I was giving my son and the internals had a sort of brownish smelly coating from constant ingestion of smoke. Still ran 100% perfectly though.

Answer 29

no

Answer 30

yes

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