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non-smoking en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + smoking. The noun is back-formed from the adjective.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Having restrictions on smoking.
   • It amused me, by the way, when I was told on the Jacobite steam service in Scotland that "this is a non-smoking train". I was looking up at the sky and saw a quarter-mile-long duvet of steam and smoke that the locomotive had laid there. 2022 February 23, Benedict le Vay, “Part of rail's past... present... and future”, in RAIL, number 951, page 54:
   • We want a table in the non-smoking section.
   • A recent public-opinion poll in local trains to and from representative large cities showed 52 per cent of passengers to prefer travel in non-smoking and 38 per cent in smoking accommodation, whilst 10 per cent expressed indifference. The percentage varied considerably according to the region; in the Karlsruhe area 60 per cent preferred non-smoking accommodation and only 27 per cent preferred to smoke. 1964 March, “Beyond the Channel: Western Germany: More non-smoking accommodation”, in Modern Railways, page 205:
   • The practice of labelling non-smoking compartments originated in Great Britain on the South Eastern & Chatham Railway, which made the innovation on March 1, 1920. Compartments so labelled had been a familiar feature on Continental railways for many years before that time. 1957 May 14, “The Why and the Wherefore: "Non-Smoking" Compartments”, in Railway Magazine, page 367:
2. (not-comparable) Using no tobacco products.
   • We have a room for a non-smoking tenant.

Forms

Relateds

non-smoker · no smoking

Synonyms

smoke-free

Translations (9)

fi tupakoimaton (not using tobacco) · hu nem dohányzó (not using tobacco) · hy ոչ ծխելը (having restrictions on smoking) · de Nichtraucher (not using tobacco) · hu nemdohányzó (having restrictions on smoking) · fi savuton (having restrictions on smoking) · fi savuton (not using tobacco) · de Nichtraucher- (having restrictions on smoking) · fr non-fumeur (having restrictions on smoking)

non-smoking en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + smoking. The noun is back-formed from the adjective.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The act of abstaining from smoking; a policy of doing so.
   • Yes, your Honor: non-smoking has been our policy in all of our hotel rooms for at least twenty years, and Mr Jones clearly knew that.
   • Regular exercise, a healthy diet, moderation of alcohol use, non-smoking, and annual checkups can all reduce the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

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