Clean Air Tips?

[TiredofLies]

I live in a highly polluted area, more so my particular neighborhood. My roommate smokes, neighbors all smoke (front, back, sides, above and below) and indoors is carpeted so I vacuum every day. I sometimes find that indoors my nose is stuffy, I see particles in the air and I smell cigarette smoke if I get near a window. At night I have to tape my mouth shut so my nose breaths only, this is essential so your breath doesn't smell and germs don't enter you orally. I shut my room door so everything is pure, I like to sleep with the window open but I risk my neighbors waking up before me and smoking while I'm sleeping.

Any way to purify the air in my house?

 

[tara]

Constant cigarette smoke smell would drive me round the bend. Not surprised you don't like it.

Nice to hear another taping story. :)

I once live in an apartment that had a filter across the small ventilation window. There was a separate larger window to let in light. I was not in a highly polluted area, but the filter became quite blackened over a year or so from all the pollution it captured.
Maybe you could find some suitable filtering cloth to cover the open window space?

I imagine you long term plan might include finding a better place to live?

 

[Amazoniac]

Have you tried to fill your room with plants? I mean fill, not just a cute jar on your desk..
Ask them kindly if they could smoke outside, or far from your room, where the air can escape. If not, you can do for a few days something that they dislike in order to show how much it bothers to not being heard. And the ultimate escape is to find a doctor that can give you some sort of formal recommendation to avoid smokes for whatever reason (sensitivities, etc). A bit of a low shot but I would rather do that than have to deal with that much smoke..

 

[BibleBeliever]

Constant cigarette smoke smell would drive me round the bend. Not surprised you don't like it.

Nice to hear another taping story. :)

I once live in an apartment that had a filter across the small ventilation window. There was a separate larger window to let in light. I was not in a highly polluted area, but the filter became quite blackened over a year or so from all the pollution it captured.
Maybe you could find some suitable filtering cloth to cover the open window space?

I imagine you long term plan might include finding a better place to live?

What kind of tape do you use? Wouldn't your lips absorb all the chemicals in the tape?

 

[Waynish]

Get all of the plants on NASA's "how to produce air" list :)
Think you can find them on wiki

 

[tara]

What kind of tape do you use? Wouldn't your lips absorb all the chemicals in the tape?

I use a small piece of light papery tape - not sure what it's technical name is. I use grease between tape and lips to make it easier to remove in the morning. Don't know if that would provide a barrier or just a better solvent for tape chemicals. I hadn't thought about those chemicals. It doesn't have any strong smell. Using a chin strap insteead would completely avoid any such risk.

 

[BibleBeliever]

I use a small piece of light papery tape - not sure what it's technical name is. I use grease between tape and lips to make it easier to remove in the morning. Don't know if that would provide a barrier or just a better solvent for tape chemicals. I hadn't thought about those chemicals. It doesn't have any strong smell. Using a chin strap insteead would completely avoid any such risk.

Pretty good idea