Category Archives: Smoke Removal

Tobacco Additives: The Unknown (and Potentially Deadly) Variable

Posted on July 25, 2007 by Dan Buglio

 Take a moment and imagine that you are eating out at your favorite restaurant. Just as the waiter or waitress sets down your entrée, they take a moment to describe to you (in detail) all of the ingredients and methods for … Continue reading →

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What Air Purifier Actually Works?

Posted on June 29, 2007 by Dan Buglio

In order to find an air purifier that will work for you, first you have to know what pollutants are in your air.  There are the obvious indoor offenders like dust, dust mites and dander—but what about the fumes from … Continue reading →

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Nicotine Makes Children Pay the Ultimate Price

Posted on June 8, 2007 by Dan Buglio

Do you know who is most affected by second hand smoke? You might guess that it would be spouses, who live for years with a haze of smoke from their smoking partners. Another guess would be the elderly, who are … Continue reading →

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Smoking Banned in Rental Properties- Shasta County, CA.

Posted on June 7, 2007 by Dan Buglio

The same momentum that has parked smoking bans in public places like restaurants and bars is now causing California landlords to declare their properties “smoke-free”. Summary: Two years ago, Swift Properties of Shasta County, California banned smoking in 538 apartments … Continue reading →

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Before You Take That Next Drag . . .

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Dan Buglio

Consider this: Smoke from cigarettes, cigars and pipes contains over 4,000 different chemicals. 43 of these chemicals as known carcinogens. Quite a few of these chemicals may be surprisingly familiar to you—but in a different form, like gasoline, household cleaners … Continue reading →

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“Smoking to affect movie ratings system” from CNN.com

Posted on May 30, 2007 by Dan Buglio

A Quick Summary: Last week, The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) may soon be considering scenes in movies depicting smoking as another determining factor in rating films. Anti-Tobacco activists have been urging censors give a mandatory R rating to … Continue reading →

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Active vs. Passive Smoking– Your Lungs Can’t Tell the Difference

Posted on May 25, 2007 by Dan Buglio

You don’t need to smoke to be at risk for developing lung cancer from tobacco smoke. The smoke from someone else’s cigarette, cigar or pipe has just as much potential to affect your health in adverse ways.     The … Continue reading →

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What actually WORKS on smoke

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Dan Buglio

In my last post about smoke, I spoke about a few things NOT to buy for smoke. Now we can get to the good stuff. A residential smoke removal system should be: Powerful – It should have sufficient airflow to … Continue reading →

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What NOT to buy for home smoke removal.

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Dan Buglio

If you are like me, you are probably frustrated by the hundreds, perhaps thousands of air purifiers or air cleaners on the market. I bet many of you have tried all sorts of air purifiers to remove smoke from your … Continue reading →

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Neighbors Smoke got you down?

Posted on February 27, 2007 by Dan Buglio

While many people don’t usually hear about it, apartment and condo dwellers are very often affected by their smoking neighbors. I hear this complaint a few times a week easily. And this problem is actually much more difficult than you … Continue reading →

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