casual smoker

Sometimes lights up

A casual smoker is someone who smokes cigarettes or other tobacco products occasionally rather than habitually—at parties, with drinks, or in social settings.

The term often implies someone who doesn't consider themselves a "real" smoker or who believes they could quit easily: I'm just a casual smoker, maybe a few cigarettes on weekends.

The distinction from regular smoker is fuzzy and sometimes self-deceiving.

Related

drink · peer pressure · bar · puff · nicotine · habit · quitting · pack · lighter · outside · patio · stress · relaxed · ashtray · menthol · craving · buzz · tipsy

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Opposites
frequency/intensity of smoking

casual smokerheavy smoker

Frequent tobacco user

chain smoker · pack-a-day smoker · habitual smoker

relationship to smoking behavior

casual smokernonsmoker

One avoiding tobacco use

non-smoker · never-smoker · abstainer · teetotaler

Family

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG