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

Recent Examples on the Web

The 1964 report also found a 70% higher mortality rate among smokers and helped launch a nationwide anti-smoking campaign. —Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026

Smoking rates here are lower than the national average, cigarette taxes are high and anti-smoking messages are everywhere. —Kevin Bardosh, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2026

In the United States, anti-smoking campaigns have reduced the number of new cigarette users, but the effectiveness of these measures may be fading. —Max Cunningham, Fortune, 14 Dec. 2025

Authorities are now hoping to cut down on smoking everywhere across the archipelago, with plans to set up anti-smoking clinics that will offer medication to help people quit tobacco products. —Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1840, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for anti-smoking

• broking
• choking
• cloaking
• coking
• croaking
• joking
• poking
• smoking
• soaking
• stoking
• stroking
• evoking