smoking

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Owners would continue to have discretion over whether smoking is allowed in stores, offices and other businesses.

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  1. adjective Engaging in the smoking of tobacco: smoking passengers.
  2. adjective Designated or reserved for smokers: the smoking section of a restaurant.
  3. adjective Of or relating to the use of tobacco: corporate smoking policies.

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  • But you left what they call a smoking gun behind you, and it has to be sorted out. —  A Presumption of Death - Jill Paton Walsh, Dorothy L Sayers, - [Wimsey-Vane]
  • Advocates of the bills cite a poll that shows 75 percent of Virginians support additional restrictions on smoking, and they argue that smoking is a health issue that affects not just the smoker but those around him or her. —  The Roanoke Times: Home page
  • When it was defeated in 2007, it was key that the argument was not about smoking -- smoking is disgusting and unhealthy, but the argument is about property rights. —  Red Clay Citizen
  • Owners would continue to have discretion over whether smoking is allowed in stores, offices and other businesses. —  TheState.com: The Buzz
  • Sad to say, smoking is a drug and it will never be outlawed .... too many of people in high places participate in it, either smoking or stand to gain from it somehow-face it - we are condemned to inhale - willingly or not.
 

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/ˈsmoʊkɪŋ/
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