Word Finder - smoker

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A person who smokes tobacco habitually.

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A smoking car on a train.

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An informal social gathering for men only, at which smoking tobacco is allowed.

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(Cambridge University) A social event featuring sketches, songs, etc., whether or not smoking is carried out.

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A vent in the deep ocean floor from which a plume of superheated seawater, rich in minerals, erupts.

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An illicit boxing match; see Wikipedia:Battle Royal (boxing).

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A device that releases smoke intended to distract bees; a bee smoker.

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A person or an apparatus that smokes food.

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A two-stroke engine.

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(by extension) Any vehicle with a two-stroke engine, especially a motorcycle, as opposed to a four-stroke motorcycle or stroker.

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A fastball.

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A kind of pornographic film produced clandestinely in the early to mid-20th century, typically short and without sound.

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Even the most ardent smoker wouldn't be outside in those skimpy duds.

The reinforcement of satisfying the craving will be absent or reduced, helps the smoker to break the habit.

A few years ago people had beige, purely functional computers... hidden under desks, stained with the office smoker's exhalation.

A male 35-year-old smoker will pay 78% more in life insurance premiums than his non-smoking counterpart.

When a smoker ingests this substance, it acts on the pleasure centers in the brain.

With time, the cravings will be less frequent and the former smoker will find them easier to deal with.

Look for lighters, especially if your loved one is not a smoker.

A smoker'sbody is accustomed to having a certain level of nicotine, so when you quit smoking you'll go through one or more symptoms of withdrawal as your body learns how to function without nicotine.

Weeks After Quitting - By this point, a former smoker's circulation and lung functions improve.

Months After Butting Out - During this time, the non-smoker will find that he or she is less short of breath and that the incidents of "smoker's cough" decrease.

Years After Your Last Cigarette - At the 60 month mark, a former smoker's risk of developing cancer of the mouth, throat and esophagus is reduced by half.

A smoker will need to leave his or her work area to smoke, which means lower productivity on the job as well as the possibility of having to go outside in inclement weather to do so.

The fact that he's also a heavy smoker has brought him a lot of criticism from those who believe he is setting a bad example for his fans.

Johnny Depp began smoking at the age of 12, and by the time he hit it big onscreen he was a chain smoker.

A long-time smoker, Blake was diagnosed with oral cancer in 1980.

It could be difficult to imagine that Jennifer Aniston is a smoker, but she is rumored to consume up to two packs of cigarettes a day.

President Barack Obama caused a bit of a ripple in this presidential campaign when it was discovered that he was a smoker.

Not that medical science has determined all of the horrible health problems that can come from smoking, it's no longer as cool as it once was to be a smoker.

Pitt's ex Jennifer Aniston was once a big smoker as well, to the point of being a chain smoker.

Nicotine is the chemical that causes the smoker to become addicted.

Nicotine is a physiologically addictive; research has shown that it increases the levels of dopamine, a neurological transmitter, in the smoker's brain.

When this happens, the smoker experiences an increase in pleasurable feelings, and the person will want to repeat them by continuing to smoke.

Even non-smokers are vulnerable to the dangers of cigarette smoking; inhaling second-hand smoke is just as toxic as it is to the primary smoker.

He or she can recommend various strategies to help the smoker kick the habit for good.

HealthInsuranceSort asks you for your birth date, gender, height, weight, whether you're already insured, whether you're a smoker or have any health conditions.

Other preferences used in finding a match include whether the person is a smoker or non-smoker, specific hobbies/interests and if the other person has been married before.

They inhale the smoke exhaled by the smoker as well as the more toxic sidestream smoke-the smoke from the end of the burning cigarette, cigar, or pipe.

Smoking for even a short time can produce a chronic smoker's cough.

However, once smoking becomes a habit, the smoker faces a lifetime of health risks associated with one of the strongest addictions known to humans.

If a smoker switches to a low-tar cigarette, he is likely to inhale longer and more deeply to get the chemicals his body craves.

A smoker has to quit the habit entirely in order to improve his health and decrease the chance of disease.

Smoking also increases fatigue and decreases the smoker's sense of smell and taste.

Another warning sign is a hacking cough, worse than the usual smoker's cough, that brings up phlegm or blood, a sign of lung cancer.

These groups provide support and teach behavior modification methods that can help the smoker quit.

The smoker's physician can often refer him to such groups.

They slowly release a small amount of nicotine into the bloodstream, satisfying the smoker's physical craving.

Over time, the amount of gum the smoker chews is decreased and the amount of time between applying the patches is increased.

This process helps wean the smoker from nicotine slowly.

However, if the smoker smokes while taking a nicotine replacement, a nicotine overdose may occur.

There are a wide range of alternative treatments that can help a smoker quit the habit, including hypnotherapy, herbs, acupuncture, and meditation.

The good news is that once a smoker quits the health effects are immediate and dramatic.

A smoker who quits for good often feels a lot better too, with less fatigue and fewer respiratory illnesses.

For instance, a hypnotherapist may suggest that a smoker finds cigarettes distasteful, or that someone trying to lose weight will easily pursue healthy behaviors.

If you are a smoker, you will typically pay twice as much for life insurance as a non-smoker.

Lydia, the long distance runner—now a smoker.

The instrument, described by Oviedo (Historia de las Indias Occidentales, Salamanca, 1535), consisted of a small hollow wooden tube, shaped like a Y, the two points of which being inserted in the nose of the smoker, the other end was held into the smoke of burning tobacco, and thus the fumes were inhaled.

Even if sublimed in smoking opium, morphine would, in M'Callum's opinion, probably be deposited in the pipe before it reached the mouth of the smoker.

According to the reports on the subject, when the smoker has plenty of active work it appears to be no more injurious than smoking tobacco.

All inclination for exertion becomes gradually lost, business is neglected, and certain ruin to the smoker follows.

In 1952 the King, a heavy smoker and in increasingly frail health, suffered a fatal stroke.