Behavior
smoking
smo·king [ smoh-king ]
Subclass of:
Behavior
Also called:
Cigar smoking; Cigarette smoking; Pipe smoking; Tobacco smoking
Definitions related to smoking:
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The act of puffing and/or inhaling the combustion products of a substance so as to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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To inhale and exhale the smoke produced by the combustion of a substance.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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There's no way around it; smoking is bad for your health. It harms nearly every organ of the body, some that you would not expect. Cigarette smoking causes nearly one in five deaths in the United States. It can also cause many other cancers and health problems. These include Cancers, including lung and oral cancers; Lung diseases, such as COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease); Damage to and thickening of blood vessels, which causes high blood pressure; Blood clots and stroke; Vision problems, such as cataracts and macular degeneration (AMD). Women who smoke while pregnant have a greater chance of certain pregnancy problems. Their babies are also at higher risk of dying of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Smoking also causes addiction to nicotine, a stimulant drug that is in tobacco. Nicotine addiction makes it much harder for people to quit smoking. Your smoke is also bad for other people - they breathe in your smoke secondhand and can get many of the same problems as smokers do. This includes heart disease and lung cancer.MedlinePlusU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Willful or deliberate act of inhaling and exhaling SMOKE from burning substances or agents held by hand.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Smoking tobacco is harmful to almost every organ in the body. Smoking increases the risk of heart attack, lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other disorders.Merck & Co., Inc., 2020
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Smoking, the act of inhaling and exhaling the fumes of burning plant material. A variety of plant materials are smoked, including marijuana and hashish, but the act is most commonly associated with tobacco as smoked in a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Tobacco contains nicotine, an alkaloid that is...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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