After years of smoking in a home, walls and contents become blemished and develop bad odours, and professional cigarette smoke odour removal is often necessary. Learn more about cleaning homes affected by tobacco residue and odors below. What is tobacco smoke? Cigarette smoke residue is a yellowish-brown, gluey substance that sticks to every surface in a home, making it difficult and time-consuming to remove. How does tobacco smoke affect your home? Smoking not only affects the people exposed to smoke, but it also produces odorous substances that stick to every surface of the area where smoking has taken place. The yellowish-brown substance eliminated through smoking bonds to walls, furniture, and plastics, and can permanently change their appearance. Cigarette smoke also penetrates more odour-absorbing objects, such as carpets, upholstery, bedding, clothes, and many more. Additionally, the HVAC system of a building carries the smoke odor and chemicals throughout the structur...