Skip the air pump in the bottom of the pot, theres no need because soil is porous and allows air to flow threw it. I also can't see blowing smoke on a plant doing any good, if anything harm. Smoke is full of boat loads of toxic chemicals, if you were to blow smoke on your plant you would be exposing it to those chemicals. Plants are living things too.

As far as growing inside vs. outside you could start your plants inside and then move them outside for the rest of thier lives through summer and fall.