In the past, some sensors have been prone to false alarms triggered by steam, perfumes and cleaning chemicals, though modern devices have been fine-tuned to distinguish between such stimuli and known vape aerosols
"The habit of smoking," writes the king, "is disgusting to sight, repulsive to smell, dangerous to the brain, noxious to the lung, spreading its fumes around the smoker as foul as those that come from Hell" (James I 27)
The steam displaces the smoke molecules and can, in essence, absorb the smokey smell from your wooden furniture
I use electronics to find the logs and stumps
In normal use, the material is not exposed to the surroundings in any meaningful way.The levels involved are so low that exposure from a functioning detector in a home is often described as negligible when compared with natural background radiation already present in the environment