That's a tough one because smoke and tar build up settle in every crack and crevice of a vehicle and it is very hard to completely remove the smell, but a few sugestions are: 1. Turn the air/heat on and let it blow at full blast for awhile to help get the smell out of the vents. Clean the vents that you can get to. 2. Give the interior of the car a thorough cleaning. Upholstery/leather, carpet, etc. Don't forget the roof, a lot of tar build up tends to end up there. 3. Clean the glass thoroughly (even if it looks clean, you'd be surprised how much tar comes off). 4. Try leaving the car windows open and letting it air out. 5. Purchase a couple of volcanic ash odor absorbers and set them in the car (available at most auto stores). Also try Ozium spray, it works great on smoke odor and is also available at most auto stores.

I get good results using "Febreeze" for automobiles. You spray it on the fabric upholstery, carpet and headliner, and as it dries it removes the odor.

Several web sites I have visited suggest that you place some fresh-ground coffee (new, unused) into a dish. Take an apple and slice in half and place the cut face upon the grounds. Leave this for a week (or until apple shrivels) and then the odour should be gone. Another suggestion is to place half a glass of windex in the car overnight for a few days. Evidently the windex and coffee/apple tricks can't be done together as they will neutralize each other.

If you are talking about heavy smoke. Febreeze and other products only mask the odor for a limited time, it has to be cleaned. Windows, dash, shampoo carpet and seats etc. You have to remove the source of the odor. After that you could try Febreeze but as it gets into every crevice of the interior you need ozone (detailer) or at the very least an odor bomb. They can be bought from Sparkleauto online and various other places for $3 or $4 a can.

I have heard that car dealerships have ozone machines you plug into the lighter and leave running for a couple days or possibly a couple overnights. These are also sold to the public. They are similar to the ones used in hot tubs and spas that clean the water only these clean the air and the material that hold that smell. I did buy a car that had a couple burn holes in the carpet and it did not smell like cigarettes at all!

The only way I got the smoke smell out of my highlander was to buy new seats from ebay. I had tried everthing from apples to coffee to scrubbing and sprays. In the meantime, I was looking to upgrade to leather seats. As soon as we traded those cloth seats for the leather ones(EBAY!), the smell was gone. Nothing really worked until I did that.

Febreeze. Spray on, freshness lovers, spary on! ;-)

When I used to smoke I hated getting in my truck the next day cuz it smelt like stale smoke so this works: Open all your windows and let the car air while your driving AND when its sitting in your driveway.Get a air freshner that you put on the vent and under your seat i swear itll be gone in a day. But, DONT keep smokin in there!

Vamoose 1808t works extremely well at removing cigarette smell. In our business we can't afford to have the odor come back so it must be gone for good!

Windows down and spray favorite freshner on roof of vehicle of course inside.

Ok, being a smoker i know how much of a pain this is. There is a product called Ozium out there and it is a air sanitizer, it doesn't just mask the smell, it actually eliminates it. You can find it at most auto stores such as AutoZone, it comes in a 8 oz aerosol can. This is usually most effective when you spray the seats, in font of the seats, and the headliner (thats where most of the smell usually sticks the most). It kinda has almost clinical smell to it so i usually buy some kind of scented air freshener spray with it. here is a link to help you find it. http://www.atmosphereproducts.com/product_images/ozium/index.html I hope this helps you out!

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I once forgot half a gallon of milk in a glass bottle in the back of my car. Well, the bottle broke for some reason (perhaps because the car was parked in the sun?) and all the milk went into the seat. You can imagine the smell!!! Car wasn't worth "professional" help so I had to solve this mess myself. First I completely soaked the back seat with water (buckets of it). This actually made the smell even worse (and there is a risk of getting mildew in the seat so only do this if you have a crappy car). When the seat was completely clean (i.e. the water coming through the seat onto the street didn't contain any milk anymore), I squeezed out and rubbed out as much as possible of the water using loads of paper towels (at this point, the car stunk like you wouldn't believe). I then started a serious Fabreeze treatement (spraying A LOT on the seat several times/day) while keeping all windows open at all times. It took about a week (in hot summer weather) for the seat to completely dry up and the smell to go away (the car smelled like a dead skunk until the seat was completely dry; I could smell it ten yards away). Anyway, the whole thing worked and I haven't smelled anything since. Lesson: Never EVER forget your milk your car. Regarding the topic of getting rid of cigarette smell in your car: simply pour half a gallon of milk into your seats. You won't smell any cigarette smell after that...