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passive smoking

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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 reason, passive resistance, passive restraint, passive safety, passive smoke, passive smoking, passive transfer, passive tremor, passive vocabulary, passive voice, passivism
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Words related to passive smoking

secondhand smoke

British Dictionary definitions for passive smoking

passive smoking

noun

the inhalation of smoke from other people's cigarettes by a nonsmoker

Derived forms of passive smoking

passive smoker, noun
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