presmoking

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

pre- +‎ smoking

Adjective[edit]

presmoking (not comparable)

  1. Before smoking a cigarette etc.
    • 1972, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volumes 190-191, New York Academy of Sciences, page 211:
      In the placebo condition, heart rate decreased consistently from presmoking levels.
    • 1982, Fred Leavitt, Drugs and behavior, page 185:
      Stewart and Livson (129) had access to records from the presmoking years from kindergarten through high school, of smokers and nonsmokers at age 30.
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