passive smoking

noun

: the breathing in of cigarette smoke from people who are smoking nearby

Full Definition of PASSIVE SMOKING

: the involuntary inhalation of tobacco smoke (as from another's cigarette) especially by a nonsmoker

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1971

Medical Dictionary

noun

: the involuntary inhalation of tobacco smoke (as from another's cigarette) especially by a nonsmoker

—passive smoker noun

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