plural smokers
1
: someone or something that smokes: such as
a
: a person who smokes cigarettes
a heavy smoker
b
: an apparatus with an enclosed chamber that is used for smoking food (as for curing or imparting flavor)
2
: a railroad car or compartment in which smoking is allowed
3
: an informal social gathering for men
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Off-Piste Après Garden promises mountaintop ski-in fun with firepits, a variety of beverages and hot-off-the smoker delectables.
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Stephanie Stephens, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
The research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Medical School’s Division of Sleep Medicine, is seeking adults aged 18 to 65 who typically go to bed after midnight and are non-smokers.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Esposito advised smokers not to flick their cigarette butts and to properly extinguish them before throwing them out.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
By comparison, close to 20% of adults in the United States used tobacco in 2022, and almost 12% of adults in the United Kingdom were smokers in 2023.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
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Stephanie Stephens, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025
The research, conducted in partnership with Harvard Medical School’s Division of Sleep Medicine, is seeking adults aged 18 to 65 who typically go to bed after midnight and are non-smokers.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
Esposito advised smokers not to flick their cigarette butts and to properly extinguish them before throwing them out.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025
By comparison, close to 20% of adults in the United States used tobacco in 2022, and almost 12% of adults in the United Kingdom were smokers in 2023.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Smoker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smoker. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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