Hosting drinks at home with smoking friends? You don't want that lingering stale tobacco smell the next day.
It's not just unpleasant—it's harmful to your health too.
Fortunately, there's a simple, effective trick to neutralize stale tobacco odors in ashtrays, backed by baking soda's proven odor-absorbing properties.
Pour a 1 cm layer of baking soda at the bottom of the ashtray before guests arrive. Watch how it works:

1. Before guests arrive, pour 1 cm of baking soda into the ashtrays.
2. As friends stub out cigarettes, the baking soda absorbs the odors.
3. Empty ashtrays into a sealed garbage bag and dispose—no smells left behind.
No more waking up to stale tobacco smells! :-)
Far better than a house reeking of smoke, right?
Use this in any room, especially bedrooms—nothing worse than odors trapped in mattresses.
Forgot to prep the ashtray beforehand? No problem—here's how to banish odors after:
Empty the ashtray, wash under hot water, add baking soda, scrub with a sponge, and rinse with cold water.
This works great in cars too: Add baking soda to the ashtray or clean with a baking soda paste in hot water.