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noun
the inhaling of cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoke of others, especially by a nonsmoker in an enclosed area.
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Also called passive inhalation .
Origin of passive smoking
First recorded in 1970–75
Words nearby passive smoking
passive obedience,
passive reason,
passive resistance,
passive restraint,
passive safety,
passive smoking,
passive transfer,
passive vocabulary,
passive voice,
passivism,
passivity Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Words related to passive smoking
How to use passive smoking in a sentence
If we want to prevent others from your fate, we need to stop being so passive on these issues.
In a rather passive aggressive letter, the House Minority Leader wrote.
The estimated ship date of the gadget is December 2014—perfect timing to say sayonara to smoking forever.
The night before he bought a lot of crack-cocaine on credit with no way to pay, intending to kill himself after smoking.
In every movie I see somebody smoking, I never see anybody reading books.
He, with others, thinking the miss-sahib had gone to church, was smoking the hookah of gossip in a neighboring compound.
Columbus found the natives of San Salvador smoking after this manner.
When Cortez made conquest of Mexico in 1519 smoking seemed to be a common as well as an ancient custom among the natives.
In 1629 he found the Hurons smoking the dried leaves and stalks of the Tobacco plant or petune.
In most club card-rooms smoking is not permitted, but at the Pandemonium it is the fashion to smoke everywhere.
British Dictionary definitions for passive smoking
noun
the inhalation of smoke from other people's cigarettes by a nonsmoker
Derived forms of passive smoking
passive smoker, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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