Smoking Indoors

[noxspencer]

Oh but to have the days return when smoking was hailed as the art of the Genteel, and a man was never without his hat or his pipe!
Sadly we live in a time where smoking indoors anywhere but your home is considered as evil, vile, and wrong as assaulting someone. So we are left to our homes, (or if we are lucky enough to live near one, a tobacco store/lounge that allows smoking inside), to smoke our beloved pipes in peace.
However, some of us (namely me) can't smoke in our own homes. Recently my ill grandmother had to move out of her apartment and into my house because she could not be left on her own anymore and now needs constant care. While this is no big deal to me, the fact I cant smoke inside is getting to me. It's going to get very cold soon, and I happen to wake up around 4-6 AM everyday, when it's the coldest, and funny enough is when I prefer to have my first bowl. Having to go outside to smoke is, needless to say, almost impossible in such temperatures. Sure, I can smoke but enjoying my pipe would be beyond me since I would be freezing to death.
So, without being able to smoke outside in the cold and wet, and without being able to smoke in the main rooms of my house, I could only come up with one solution. To smoke inside my own privet bedroom, where I happen to keep a desk and computer. Here are my thoughts, though.
Would smoking inside my room, a place that isnt very ventilated to begin with, trap the smoke and cause it to be a very smelly environment?
Would the smoke be harsh, and settle into my bed and clothing as a harsh, left over tobacco smell, or would it be nice and aromatic like the tobaccos I smoke? What smells would I expect to have?
Would smoking in such a small area cause the smoke to filter to the rest of the house, possibly getting into the main room and making the main house smell like tobacco or would the smell remain inside my room alone? (I keep my door closed)
I know it's alot of questions, sorry about that. But can anyone help me out? Thanks

 

[pstlpkr]

I have a "man cave" and as a direct correlation to your bedroom; I would say that the answer to the room becoming smelly or the smoke filtering to the rest of the house, I would say no.
I don't smoke anywhere else in the house and the aromatic aspect of my pipe smoking doesn't reach anywhere else.

It is not on an independent ventilation system. The only ventilation in the room is an occasionally open window and the regular central AC/Heat that is "central" to the house.

 

[nbpiper]

I usually smoked in a spare bedroom, with a window that is barely cracked open. The smoke smell stays in the room and doesn't spread past the doorway. Depending on what you're smoking will depend on how smelly the room is. As to the smell clinging to the bed and clothing, I can't really comment, as I only use that room for smoking. Given a couple of hours or a day (depending on how much I've been smoking in there and what) the smell dissipates and I can't smell any tobacco when I enter the next time. So as long as you don't have a draft going through your room to the rest of the house you should be fine. Opening a window to allow fresh air to enter and the smoke to exit should help also. Hope that helps.

 

[noxspencer]

Mmm yeah thanks for the advice. I was hesitant to try it at first, because my grandmother's condition is so delicate you know. So, thanks for letting me know. And, I do have an air purifier, so that would be a good idea to use.
Lawrence, I wish I had a man cave :worship: I dont have any spare space to make one, since every room is used daily by people here, so I'm very envious of you to have one.

 

[philip]

Give your bedroom/computer room a try. If your grandmother is not bothered by it, you've got it made.
I have the same concerns about the smell lingering because I live in a very small space. But I may have to reconsider my options as the weather gets colder.
Good luck.

 

[loneredtree]

I would definitely use the air purifier in the computer room. The computer's cooling fan will draw in the smoke products and they will coat the inside of the machine. Most people do wash down the surfaces in their "smoking rooms" a few times a year. I would expect that the bedding etc would adsorb some particles also.
Happy puffing.

 

[jchaplick]

I smoke in my apartment which is about a 20x20 one room studio, and yeah for a about 5 hours the smoke makes my room smell a little, but ive never had it 'stick' to my clothes or bedding or furniture. If i keep my one windoew open it goes away by the end of the day... all hail the college flat!

 

[wolfscout]

I have a Man-Cave / home office where I smoke mostly. Occasionally we puff together while discussing something in the den. Its nice noone around to complain or fuss othewise.

 

[noxspencer]

*update* well, gave it a try last night with a bottle of Deware's scotch. My room smells like my local B&M this morning, but it doesent bother me. The house didn't get a smoke smell, because I happened to notice it would waft under the door a bit so I placed a rug under my door. Thanks for the advice everyone I had an enjoyable nights smoke with the comfort of my soft chair for once. Advice appreciated.

 

[scotrob]

leaving a window open in your smoking room certainly helps and if left open all night the smell will dissipate by morning...also useful is to keep a candle lit where you are smoking (works great for cig and gar smoke too) and a small bowl or two of vinegar in the corners of the rooms
but, pipe smoke is so much more fragrant that the smell is never a problem....gar smoke penetrates everything and stinks for days, pipe smoke never does