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smoking

 noun
     
Related topics: Tobacco
smok‧ing S2 [uncountable]
the activity of breathing in tobacco smoke from a cigarette, pipe etc
stop/quit/give up smoking
I gave up smoking nearly ten years ago.
The sign says 'No Smoking'.
a no smoking area
the risks of passive smoking (=breathing in smoke from other people's cigarettes)
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