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Hi, GOOD JOB!
Anyway, a couple years ago my daughter bought a car from what must have been a smokestack. I mean, I would not have bought the car on the basis of the smell alone! But, we finally got rid of the smell. First off, realize smoke is EVERYWHERE -- on the seats, on the headliner, in the carpet, and in the vents. Start by thoroughly cleaning everything you can get to. Clean the seats, dash, console, etc. with appropriate products. And don't forget the steering wheel. Now that you don't smoke any more, smell your hands after driving -- you may be shocked!
Then shampoo and Fabreze the carpets, and Fabreze the heck out of the headliner -- you can clean the headliner with a mild solution, but you may be asking for staining and/or a headliner to come loose. You are probably better off just using Fabreze.
Finally, get auto deodorizer spray containing ions, or whatever. Use that fairly heavily, and turn on your vent fan while the spray is freshly in your car (with windows sealed shut and the vent set to "recirculate", of course). Your vents are full of smoke smell, so you have to get something into there to deoderize the vent system. You'll have to treat the vent treatment a few times over a period of a couple weeks to finally get rid of the odor from the vents.
Then over the period of the next month or so, leave the windows down every chance you get. Even with all the available chemicals, good ol' fresh air probably works about as well as anything.
Continue to use Fabreze on the carpets and upholstry, and after about six weeks of following the steps outlined above, the smoke will be gone!
And, in about a year, your lungs will be good as new, too!
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