anti-smoking
adjective
an·ti-smok·ing
ˌan-tē-ˈsmō-kiŋ 
ˌan-tī-
variants
or less commonly antismoking
: opposed to tobacco smoking
anti-smoking groups
anti-smoking ads
Examples of anti-smoking in a Sentence
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The group also would like to see anti-smoking messaging before and after shows featuring such imagery, as well as a ratings system warning of smoking images.
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USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
But anti-smoking groups fear many smokers won't understand that.
—Don Thompson, CBS News, 29 June 2023
But this time, the anti-smoking movement had scientific — rather than moral — arguments.
—Jeffrey A. Singer, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
Information, not scare tactics French anti-smoking nonprofits have found success by offering young people information about the harmful environmental effects of the tobacco industry as a way to incite them to stop smoking – instead of scare tactics.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2023
Mexico earlier this year enacted one of the world's strictest anti-smoking laws with a ban on smoking in any public place.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Now the effort to rein in social media may be adopting the same legal playbook that anti-smoking activists used in the 1990s to hold tobacco companies accountable.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023
Moreover, anti-smoking policies that once seemed unthinkable are now in place, from cigarette bans on planes and in public places to the dire warnings on cigarette packages.
—Charlotte Lytton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
Sources: Taiwan News, United Nations Population Fund World The World Health Organization’s anti-smoking strategies now reach 71% of people around the globe.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2023
USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2024
But anti-smoking groups fear many smokers won't understand that.
—Don Thompson, CBS News, 29 June 2023
But this time, the anti-smoking movement had scientific — rather than moral — arguments.
—Jeffrey A. Singer, National Review, 1 Feb. 2024
Information, not scare tactics French anti-smoking nonprofits have found success by offering young people information about the harmful environmental effects of the tobacco industry as a way to incite them to stop smoking – instead of scare tactics.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 12 Dec. 2023
Mexico earlier this year enacted one of the world's strictest anti-smoking laws with a ban on smoking in any public place.
—Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
Now the effort to rein in social media may be adopting the same legal playbook that anti-smoking activists used in the 1990s to hold tobacco companies accountable.
—Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023
Moreover, anti-smoking policies that once seemed unthinkable are now in place, from cigarette bans on planes and in public places to the dire warnings on cigarette packages.
—Charlotte Lytton, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2023
Sources: Taiwan News, United Nations Population Fund World The World Health Organization’s anti-smoking strategies now reach 71% of people around the globe.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Sep. 2023
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“Anti-smoking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-smoking. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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