smoking
smok‧ing S2 /ˈsməʊkɪŋ $ ˈsmoʊk-/
noun [uncountable]
stop/quit/give up smoking
I gave up smoking nearly ten years ago.
The sign says ‘No Smoking’.
a no smoking area
the risks of passive smoking (=breathing in smoke from other people’s cigarettes)
smok‧ing S2 /ˈsməʊkɪŋ $ ˈsmoʊk-/
noun [uncountable] Word Family: noun: smoke, smoker ≠ non-smoker, smoking, smokiness; adjective: smoked, smoking ≠ non-smoking, smoky, smokeless; verb: smoke
the activity of breathing in tobacco smoke from a cigarette, pipe etcstop/quit/give up smoking