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smoker Definition

smoker (smō′kər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that smokes; specif., a person who habitually smokes cigarettes, a pipe, etc.
  2. ☆ a railroad car or compartment reserved esp. for smoking
  3. ☆ Old-fashioned an informal social gathering for men only

smoker Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • discourage: He was of the opinion an increase in cigarette prices would not discourage smokers to purchase cigarettes.
  • motivate: They motivate smokers to protect their families from second-hand smoke in the home.
  • persuade: An exciting new approach to persuading smokers to kick the habit is to being launched today at London's Whitechapel Art Gallery.

Converse of subject

inhale: She stated that tobacco smoke inhaled by non-smokers contained higher concentration substances than smoke inhaled directly by smokers.

Adjective modifier

  • Non: Non smokers working in a smoke filled environment showed elevated DNA damage markers.
  • late-night: Evening's costume party on duty late-night poolside smokers for miles southwest.
  • non: Smokers are two to three times more likely to develop bladder cancer than non smokers.
  • 20-a-day: Do you know how much a 20-a-day smoker spends on cigarettes in a year?
  • pregnant: College graduate plan move into the all pregnant smokers.
  • addicted: Prochaska et al ( 1992 ) Only ten to 15 % of addicted smokers were prepared for action.

Noun used with modifier

  • poolside: Evening's costume party on duty late-night poolside smokers for miles southwest.
  • marijuana: In the marijuana smokers, there was a tendency toward a much less rapid rate of clearance.
  • cigarette: A cigarette smoker has two to three times the risk of having a heart attack than a non-smoker.
  • cigar: Has a room within a room with air conditioning for cigar smokers.
  • cannabis: But cannabis smokers will be shaking hands and singing along together.
  • non-: Also try to spend some time with non- smokers.

Possessives

  • cough: Heart of gold, somewhere in there, along with the purple hair and the smoker's cough.
  • lung: It can stay in a smoker's lungs and may eventually cause cancer.

Preposition: of

cigarette: As a result some highly dangerous forms of lung cancer actually appear to be higher in smokers of low tar cigarettes.

Preposition: than

non-smoker: The rate at which HIV disease progresses, or the number of CD4 cells lost, is no greater in smokers than non-smokers.