An air collection and cleaning system or apparatus including a computer monitor, wherein the computer monitor in addition to displaying images, information, and/or data, comprises an exhaled air collector, wherein the computer monitor's computer screen forms an exhaled air blocking surface which is part of the exhaled air collector and wherein the exhaled air collector collects exhaled air, and the computer screen's surface deflects exhaled air towards an exhaled air suction intake, an air purification unit, or both.