Smoking is a very harmful habit that can put you at risk of serious health problems including heart disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and even cancer. But smoking indoors creates a new host of dangers.
ICE Cleaning is a specialist cleaning company that offers cigarette smoke odour removal services. The odour neutralisation experts at ICE Cleaning will use the latest technology and non-toxic chemicals to quickly get rid of trapped smells in your home. It operates nationwide, 24/7, 365 days a year.
Keep reading to find out more about the dangers of smoking indoors.
It produces secondhand smoke
When you smoke, other people can inhale the smoke from the cigarette and are exposed to the toxic chemicals and poisonous gases it contains. They could be in danger of smoking-related diseases like COPD, lung cancer, and strokes.
When you smoke indoors, this secondhand smoke lingers in the air and residents and visitors can inhale it for a long period of time. Even smoking at the backdoor or under a kitchen fan will not get rid of all the secondhand smoke.
Children are especially vulnerable to secondhand smoke as they breathe in faster than adults and therefore take in more of it. It puts infants and children at a greater risk of health issues like breathing problems, reduced lung function, asthma, bronchitis, and pneumonia.
It creates thirdhand smoke
When you smoke indoors, the pollutants settle on hard surfaces and embed themselves in porous surfaces like furniture and fabric. Known as thirdhand smoke, it consists of many harmful chemicals including cancer-causing substances like naphthalene and formaldehyde.
Touching surfaces contaminated with thirdhand smoke or inhaling the gases it releases can damage your health. Although the effects are still being researched, studies show it increases your risk of lung cancer and chronic diseases like asthma.
While secondhand smoke only lingers for up to five hours, thirdhand smoke can last for months and, in extreme cases, years. Regularly cleaning your home will not get rid of all the pollutants as they can sink deep into porous surfaces.
To get rid of the thirdhand smoke and the offensive smoke odour it leaves behind, you will need specialist smoke smell removal. ICE Cleaning’s technicians know exactly how to get rid of a smoke odour in a house and will follow a 6-stage process to make your home safe and fresh-smelling again.
It’s a fire risk
Smoking indoors is one of the most common causes of fire fatalities. Cigarettes can start a fire easily in several ways:
- A lit cigarette is dropped on a piece of furniture
- Someone smoking in bed drops a cigarette on the bedding when they fall asleep
- A still-lit cigarette falls out of an ashtray or the ashtray is tipped over
- A cigarette that is not entirely put out is thrown in a bin
It is recommended that you don’t smoke indoors to protect your and others’ health and prevent an unpleasant cigarette smoke odour from building up. ICE Cleaning’s technicians can completely remove the harmful smoke smell and give you peace of mind that your property is safe.
You can find out more about ICE Cleaning on its website.
