Try giving it a real paint job rather then the one they supposedly gave you before you moved in.
Common things done to apartments.
Whack attack -Take 1 gallon of water and add it to 5 gallons of paint. spray it on and what you end up with is an apartment that looks oober clean but in reality only has the thinnest of coats on it.
This isnt always entirely the painters fault. Typically this is often the result of ever escalating labor and material costs (even the wetbacks wont work cheap anymore) and the property owner refusing to agree top a higher price or gets someone who is cheaper. and there is ALWAYS someone who is cheaper. who usually either do the same thing from the get go. Or do a "splash and dash" job then bill for the apt as though the entire thing was painted
typically the spash N dash paint job. they come in and just hit the walls and doors & frames that look bad.
so rather then loose the contract to the complex. they are forced to cheat too. Heh. Its even worse if the complex''s own maintenance crew does the painting as they usually try to get away with even more.
Now to be fair, not all apartment complexes are like that. There are a few around here that both the contractors involved and the complex itself is very dedicated to keeping the apartments in near pristine conditions
Ask your landlord or at the leasing office for a small container of touch up paint. Provide em with a coffee can and they usually oblige.
Then go around with a Wiz roller and hit a spot on each wall and see what it looks like when it dries.
( note it might not be absolutely exact because of application difference but it should be barely noticeable and only when looking at it from certain angles)If they dont blend in near perfectly when loooking at it straight on. Then what you got was a splash & dash paintjob
Also. look around the wall plates. do you see a noticable square around them?
Thats another sign that your apartment was only "touched up" and not fully painted.
Another part of your "smoke" problem might be in the air vents Try popping off the vent covers and see if thats where the smell is coming from.
Might wanna check the air filters too and see if they were changed
