Air Purifiers

Other than move.

I live above smokers. Their place is a small 1 bedroom apartment and there are 4 adults living there, all smokers. The smell comes up here, and its quite bad. My mother was a smoker, and when I lived with her that apartment didnt even smell as bad as my apartment does.

Im not trying to put smokers down, whatever you do with your life is your business, all Im asking is for help. I have tried so many things:

Candles: Glade, village, Fabreze odor remover
Sprays: Glade, Fabreze, Airwic, so on
Vinegar in bowls.
Charcoal on my floor
Baking soda in my carpet
Hung up wet towels to "absorb" the smell.
There have just been so many things I have tried.. Im out of ideas.

My window is wide open, and its about 30 degrees out. My room gets cold, but the smell doesnt go away. I live very close to a building, so I never get a breeze in my room or anything unfortunately. The window has been open for over a week, including night. Doesnt make much difference with the smell.

I’ve tried putting a box fan in the window backwards to pull the smoke out and it doesn’t. It just makes my room colder for some reason.

I’ve looked around for places it could come in… we have baseboard oil heat.. I don’t think its coming from there? There are no vents, or wholes in the floors that I can see..

I tried talking to them… politely. They were apologetic, and said they didnt know it was coming up… we had relief for about 24 hours and that was that.

We bought an air purifier, one of the honeywell hepa kinds. All it did was blow the smell around. My aunt let me borrow her big one, big enough for a 17×17 room.. I tried it in my bedroom (9×9) and it did the same, it blew the smell around.

Are there other things I can try? I really like my apartment, and my landlord… I dont want to move when my lease is up. Is there anything I can try? And, this place is not a non smoking apartment, so asking the landlord for help wont do me any good.

i know lots of room air purifiers use charcoal filters but is there any possible health risk from totally filtering all the air into a room you live in with hepa/charcoal filters

I have a sufficient charcoal/hepa filter air purifier,I don’t mix my own paint I don’t use turps or other thinners (I do use liquin) my colors of concern are the cobalts and cadmiums.Will wearing latex gloves and washing up well, not eating or drinking in the studio etc be enough?

In extreme cases of exposure what are the risks for unborn babe?

I am very early on in pregnancy, although art income is my primary source, I will stop painting while pregnant if it is just not safe.
I stopped painting with my first child, even after a blood tox. said there were no levels of lead or other heavy metals.

I am doing my own research but would love to check it against all of your imput and get as many oppinions as I can. ILOVE PAINTING, but I love my babies more!!

I’m looking for a good quality air purifier for a small room. I have asthma, and I’m mainly looking to get rid of dust and odor. What is HEPA? I’m looking for something under 0. Is Honeywell a good brand? Also what does a charcoal filter do?
I would also prefer a filterless one.

I am trying to minnimize the "stale air" smell mixed with food odors that we have in our apartment. My spouse is CRAVING fresh air but not sure which one I should get. My grandmother had an IONIC Breeze type unit years ago and I loved the smell but not sure my spouse would respond the same. They nearly hate everything that I like so I am thinking about the air purifier with the charcoal insert. Anybody have any luckw ith these? The "customer reviews" on Amazon.com and other websites seem as if they are written by the manufacturers anyway.