Meaning Of The Word Passive smoking

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Passive smoking Meaning

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What's The Definition Of Passive smoking?

passive smoking
uncountable noun: Passive smoking involves breathing in the smoke from other people's cigarettes because you happen to be near them.

passive smoking in American English
involuntary inhalation of smoke from a nearby cigarette, cigar, etc., as by a nonsmoker
the inhaling of cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoke of others, esp. by a nonsmoker in an enclosed area

passive smoking in British English
noun: the inhalation of smoke from other people's cigarettes by a nonsmoker

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