How to keep an apartment smelling fresh?

Question

I live in the middle apartment and the people around me smoke. It comes through the vents in the hallway and bathroom and makes the whole apartment smell musty. Is there anything I can buy or put near the vent to help alleviate this smell? I've tried febreeze, fans, candles etc.

Answer 1

Other than getting your neighbor to stop smoking inside the building either through persuasion or legal remedies, it will be difficult to prevent the smoke odor from entering your apartment. If you have a forced air ventilation system in your apartment, the odor may be entering your apartment through the vents. If so, the maintenance person for your building may be able to reconfigure your air handling system, which may help reduce or eliminate the odor.

Otherwise, you could try to get rid of the smell by keeping your windows open (which depending on the weather is not practical or energy efficient) or by putting an air cleaner (or two) in your apartment. Depending on the type or brand that you use, the air cleaners will remove the small particles from cigarette smoke, but they are not likely to do much (if anything) about the smell. You could also hide the cigarette smell with air fresheners. which may be less than satisfying, since you would have an additional smell to deal with and since the cigarette smoke would still be getting into your apartment.

Answer 2

complain to the landlord.  you have the right to breath clean air and it's his responsibility to fix this.

Answer 3

try air wick freshmatic.  it works.  same hhappened to me and now I don't have a smelly apartment. LOL.

Hope I helped :)