antismoking

[an-tee-smoh-king, an-tahy-]

adjective

1. opposed to or promoting the discontinuance of the smoking of tobacco.

   an antismoking campaign launched by a health agency.

Word History and Origins

Origin of antismoking¹

1960–65; anti- + smoking ( smoke (v.), -ing ¹ )

Example Sentences

That worries antismoking advocates, who fear a reversal of the yearslong decline in U.S. smoking rates.

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Since the early 2000s, antismoking campaigns have flooded television and phone screens, and for years celebrities and high-profile individuals generally shunned smoking—at least in public.

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“I would argue antismoking campaigns were too effective,” said Oviatt, who said he buys a pack every few months.

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With blood-pressure medicines, antismoking campaigns and advances in treating heart attacks, the medicines contributed to a sharp decline in heart-disease deaths.

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As popularity increased, their product range expanded from chewing gum to include the five other antismoking products approved by the Food and Drug Administration: lozenges, patches, inhalers and nasal sprays.

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