Smell of cigarettes on greatcoat help please

[Hoss]

Gents
I just bought this really nice WW1 German greatcoat.
Trouble is, a strong smell of tobacco smoke, Camel's my guess. Any of you gents use a particular product to help cut down on the odor, maybe a spray product?
I thought this would be the best place to ask, W1 cloth is getting really scarce.

Many Thanks
Eric

[FESTUNGBREST]

Smokin coat

Pity he didnt come from a "smoke free" home...Spring's on the way try something as simple as airing it out before you start spraying the poor old coat with space age chemicals...
A little fresh cedar wood chip inserts will not only protect your investment but will give it a nice forest freshness. Kill moth eggs by wrapping the coat in a plastic bag and assigning it to a 24 hour stay in your freezer. Giving it the Russicher Front will kill all eggs before they reap their wooled harvest.

[Johnny R]

Just air it out, that should do it unless it is yellow from years of being exposed to it. I get items every once and awhile that stink like smoke too and usually after putting them on the porch with the windows open for a couple days it goes away.

[NZMark]

Airing is the best method - as already mentioned. Place it out where a breeze passes and in a day or two, if not a few more, the stink will diminish and disappear.
Being a non-smoker I find the smell revolting, and in many cases I've had to air new items into the 'sandpit'.
Regards,
Mark

[Hoss]

Thank you Gents

Regards
Eric

[vonStubben]

Fabreeze for clothing works just fine and leaves nothing behind. It works quickly and permanently.

[John Huff]

cigarette smoke and mothballs.... nothing smells finer on an old piece of cloth!

[J. Wraith]

Take a coffee can and poke holes in the lid like you were going to keep a pet. Peel four oranges and take peels and place them in the can and with the coat in a small area but not that small. The rinds pull the smoke smell and absorb it and then you eat the oranges. After a day or so you pull those rinds out and they will reek of smoke but the coat will be better.