Air Filtration for Smoke Lounges & Cigar Bars

In smoke lounges and cigar bars, ambiance is everything — but so is air quality.

CleanLeaf units remove lingering smoke particles, neutralize odors, and maintain a comfortable environment without overpowering ventilation noise. Your guests enjoy a premium atmosphere while your staff works in a healthier space.

Your guests came to smoke. The goal was never to remove that — it's to remove what's left behind: the blue haze that fills the room after the fourth cigar is lit, and the odor that settles into leather, fabric, and the air your staff breathes all shift.

With proper unit placement, our systems exchange the air in your lounge 8-10 times per hour — reducing particulate by up to 99.7% with every pass, quietly enough that the room still sounds like a lounge.

What Smoke Leaves Behind

Four problems build in a lounge, and only one of them is visible.

Visible

Blue Haze

Smoke particulate suspended at eye level is the thing guests see first and remember longest. It takes surprisingly few lit cigars to fill a room with it.

Odor

Saturation in Soft Goods

Tar and resin settle into leather, upholstery, drapes, and carpet, where they keep releasing odor long after the room has cleared.

Staff Health

Shift-Long Exposure

A guest spends an hour or two in the lounge by choice. Your bartenders and servers spend eight, most days of the week.

Atmosphere

The Ventilation Trade-Off

Exhausting hard enough to clear haze means noise, drafts, and dumping the heat or air conditioning you're paying for — all of which guests notice.

The equipment has to disappear

A lounge sells an experience, which means the solution can't announce itself. If guests hear the fan, feel a draft, or notice the hardware before they notice the room, the fix has cost you the thing you were protecting. Quiet operation and discreet placement aren't nice-to-haves here — they're the requirement.

How It Works

CleanLeaf and Blue Ox units hang from the ceiling and run independently of your HVAC — no ductwork, and no loss of the heating and cooling you've already paid to condition.

Units work together to create a circular air pattern through the room. As air flows through the high-efficiency filters, smoke particulate is reduced by up to 99.7% per pass — then handed off to the next unit, which reduces it further. Carbon stages address the odor compounds that particulate filters can't.

This cycle continues until the room reaches a clean air standard, with the air exchanging up to 8-10 times per hour depending on your configuration.

Recirculating beats exhausting in a lounge. Pulling enough air out of the building to clear haze means replacing it with outside air — noisy, drafty, and expensive in both directions of the calendar. Cleaning the air already in the room avoids all three, which is why lounges reach for filtration rather than more ventilation.

Placement makes the difference. Units set to establish a continuous circular pattern draw smoke up and away from seating rather than across it. Key factors include room size and ceiling height, seating layout, how many guests smoke at once, and where your service areas sit.

Each unit has a specific catch and throw distance that determines optimal spacing. Our team can help you design a configuration around your floor plan and sightlines.

No Ductwork Quiet Operation No Heat or A/C Loss Discreet Profile Easy Plug-n-Play
Air Cycle — Per Pass Through the System
Lounge Air
→ Air Enters the System
↓ Stage 1 — Pre-Filter
Stage 1
Ash & coarse particulate captured
↓ Stage 2 — Primary Filter
Stage 2
Smoke particulate removed — the visible haze
↓ Stage 3 — Carbon Stage
Stage 3
Tobacco odor compounds adsorbed
↓ Filtered air returned to the room
Clean Air
✓ Clear sightlines, conditioned air stays

Smoke needs both stages. Particulate filtration clears what guests see; carbon handles what they smell. A unit with only one of the two solves half the problem.


Recommended Systems for Lounges

Choose based on room size and how heavy the smoke load runs at your busiest hour. All models use standard-sized high-efficiency filters to keep running costs low.

Smoke & Odor

Particulate capture plus a carbon stage in one unit — the standard configuration for lounges, and where nearly every project starts.

Most Lounges
OX1100-CF
1,100 CFM
Smoke Light Odor

OX1100-CF

Carbon filtration for smoke and standard odor loads.

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OX1100-CF

OX1100-CF — Smoke & Odor, Most Lounges As Featured in Our Case Study

The unit behind our cigar bar case study, where four of them eliminated visible smoke in a lounge that had been losing guests to haze. A shortened bag filter makes room for a 6 lb. carbon after-filter, so the particulate you see and the odor you smell are handled in the same pass. At 48 dBA it stays under the room's own conversation.

Filter Specifications
20×15×1" 35% Washable Foam Pre-Filter 20×15×24" 95% (ASHRAE) 6 Pocket Bag Filter 6 lb. Carbon After-Filter
Airflow: 1,100 CFM  ·  Sound: 48 dBA @ 5' Shop OX1100-CF
Large Rooms
OX2500D-CF
2,500 CFM
Smoke Light Odor

OX2500D-CF

High-volume carbon filtration for smoke and odor.

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OX2500D-CF

OX2500D-CF — Smoke & Odor, Large Rooms

For lounges with high ceilings, open floor plans, or enough seats that a busy Friday puts a dozen cigars in the air at once. More than twice the airflow of the OX1100-CF means fewer units to reach your target air changes — useful when mounting points are limited by beams, lighting, or sightlines you'd rather not interrupt.

Filter Specifications
Washable Foam Pre-Filter 95% (ASHRAE) Bag Filter Carbon After-Filter
Airflow: 2,500 CFM  ·  Mid-size: OX2500-CF · CL1250D-CF Shop OX2500D-CF
Heavy Odor

For high-volume lounges, hookah rooms, and any space where a 6 lb. after-filter gets saturated faster than you want to be changing it.

Heavy Use
OX1100-CC
825 CFM
Heavy Odor

OX1100-CC

Carbon canister configuration for heavy odor applications.

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OX1100-CC

OX1100-CC — Heavy Odor, High-Volume Lounges

Carbon canisters carry substantially more media than an after-filter and hold their capacity longer under constant load. This is the configuration for lounges running full most nights, hookah rooms, and rooms where the smell has already worked its way into the furnishings and needs sustained pressure rather than a seasonal fix.

Filter Specifications
Washable Foam Pre-Filter Pocket Bag Filter Carbon Canister Stage
Airflow: 825 CFM  ·  Sound: 48 dBA @ 5' Shop OX1100-CC
Large Venues
OX2500D-CC
2,000 CFM
Heavy Odor

OX2500D-CC

Carbon canisters for heavy odor mitigation in large spaces.

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OX2500D-CC

OX2500D-CC — Heavy Odor, Large Venues

The same carbon canister approach at more than twice the airflow, for large lounges and multi-room venues where odor control is the whole reason for the project. Also the right answer when smoke is drifting into a dining room, retail floor, or neighbouring tenancy and the complaint is coming from outside your four walls. For more media still, the CL2500-CFP and CL2500D-CCP go further.

Filter Specifications
Washable Foam Pre-Filter 95% (ASHRAE) Bag Filter Carbon Canister Stage
Airflow: 2,000 CFM  ·  More media: CL2500-CFP · CL2500D-CCP Shop OX2500D-CC
Humidor & Adjacent Spaces

For the retail floor, humidor, and office areas that share a building with the lounge but shouldn't share its air.

Smaller Rooms
CL1250D-CF
1,000 CFM
Smoke Light Odor

CL1250D-CF

Carbon filtration for smoke and odor in smaller rooms.

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CL1250D-CF

CL1250D-CF — Retail Floor & Humidor

The lounge is the point, but the retail floor next to it is where the margin is — and smoke drifting into it is a problem for both the shopping experience and the stock. A room-sized unit keeps the walk-in humidor and sales floor separate from the lounge in the way that matters to a customer, and the ductable form factor helps in rooms with fixed millwork. For offices and back-of-house, the portable CL400 moves wherever it's needed.

Filter Specifications
Pleated Pre-Filter High-Efficiency Primary Filter Carbon Stage
Airflow: 1,000 CFM  ·  Portable option: CL400 (400 CFM) Shop CL1250D-CF

Other Retail Applications

Lounges are one part of the picture. CleanLeaf covers air quality across retail floors and training facilities too.

Retail Spaces

Dust, dander, and odor control for shops, dispensaries, and specialty retail — protecting both the customer experience and the product on the shelf.

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Multisport Training Facilities

Chalk dust, odor, and fine particulate control for gyms and climbing facilities — keeping air clear through the most demanding sessions.

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Quick Answers to Common Questions

Find quick answers to the most common questions about our services, solutions, and process.

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Air filtration system selection depends on:
• Room size (cubic footage)
• Air changes per hour (ACH)
• Type of contaminants (dust, smoke, mold, odors, VOCs)
• Required filtration level (bag filter %, carbon weight, HEPA, etc.)

Our team evaluates airflow dynamics and contaminant load to recommend a properly sized solution — not just a box with a fan.

Most CleanLeaf and Blue Ox models operate between ~48–66 dBA, depending on airflow setting and unit size.

Lower-speed settings and optional silencers are available for sound-sensitive environments.

Most units are plug-and-play on standard 115V power and include suspension or bracket mounting options.

For larger commercial or industrial applications, we may recommend airflow planning to optimize circulation patterns.

Filter life varies by environment and contaminant load. Typical ranges:
• Pre-filters: 1–3 months
• Carbon media: 6–12 months
• HEPA or high-efficiency bags: 6–18 months

Higher particulate or odor loads may shorten intervals.

Our systems are engineered to capture and control:
• Dust
• Smoke
• Mold and Mildew
• Odors and VOCs
• Fine particulate

Filtration stages may include pleated pre-filters, high-efficiency bag filters, HEPA media, and activated carbon depending on the application.

CleanLeaf offers a 2-year warranty covering defects in materials and workmanship for authorized distributors and end users.

To make a claim, you must get approval first. Approved claims are resolved with a replacement or credit/refund. The warranty is void if the product was misused or used outside its intended purpose.

We also provide ongoing support and access to replacement filters.

Product or System Quote Request

If you would like to speak with one of our product experts about our products, pricing, or to get a system estimate, please call or email us using the contact information below. If you want pricing for a specific product or would like to be contacted by a product expert, please use the Request a Quote Form. If you need support with an existing order, please visit the Contact Us page.

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