non-smoking

See also: nonsmoking

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Adjective

non-smoking (not comparable)

  1. Having restrictions on smoking.
    Synonym: smoke-free
    We want a table in the non-smoking section.
    • 1957 May, “The Why and the Wherefore: "Non-Smoking" Compartments”, in Railway Magazine, page 367:
      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.
    • 1964 March, “Beyond the Channel: Western Germany: More non-smoking accommodation”, in Modern Railways, page 205:
      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.
    • 2022 February 23, Benedict le Vay, “Part of rail's past... present... and future”, in RAIL, number 951, page 54:
      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.
  2. Using no tobacco products.
    We have a room for a non-smoking tenant.

Translations

Noun

non-smoking (uncountable)

  1. 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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