Definitely have to get the nicotine off the inside surfaces, but you
gotta get something down the air ducts and here's what I'd do: there
is this pet stuff called "Nature's Miracle" that is basically an
enzyme that eats odor---like when your dog gets frisky with a local
skunk. It has almost no smell and works great. I would put a bottle
of that into a pressurized weed sprayer that has a long wand on it.
Fish the wand into as many ducts as you can and let it rip. It has no
solvents in it so I don't think it can hurt anything.

Jeff

On Jul 26, 2007, at 12:00 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:

> In a message dated 7/26/07 11:40:21 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> Andrew.Richards@NIKE.COM writes:
>
>
>> Okay, no, it's not a van, but I'm sure some of you have been down
>> this
>> road with the van you bought from a smoker.  So....  Any tips on
>> getting
>> the smell of America's finest tobacco out of one's heating system?  I
>> bought an '88 Subaru wagon for driving around town but am having a
>> heck
>> of a time clearing the stench.  Fabreeze has sort of worked on the
>> upholstery, but once the heat is cranked on look out!!