secondhand smoke
noun
: tobacco smoke that is exhaled by smokers or is given off by burning tobacco and is inhaled by persons nearby
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there is no safe level of secondhand smoke.
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
Eating with secondhand smoke around you isn’t great.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
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Kate Gibson, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2024
Eating with secondhand smoke around you isn’t great.
—Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
See all Example Sentences for secondhand smoke
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secondhand smoke
noun
sec·ond·hand smoke
ˌsek-ᵊn(d)-ˌhan(d)- 
: tobacco smoke that is exhaled by a smoker or is given off by burning tobacco (as of a cigarette) and is inhaled by persons nearby
called also passive smoke
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