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    1. Do air purifiers work? - Top

    Question: is there a special air purifier that i can use for our house because i can never stop my husband from smoking? i tried but he gets mad at me

    Answer: Save your money. The studies that I have seen, do not show a significant reduction in allergy or asthma symptoms- even with the expensive HEPA filter units. Smoking in the house is simply incompatible with asthma and other respiratory diseases. - Updated: March 22, 2001

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