chain-smoke
Consecutive cigarette consumption
To chain-smoke is to smoke cigarettes one after another, lighting each new one from the previous.
The image is of an unbroken chain of smoking.
A chain-smoker maintains this continuous habit: She chain-smoked through the entire interview.
The term emphasizes compulsiveness or anxiety as much as quantity.
Addictive tobacco alkaloid
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- dependenceState of needing another
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- relapseReturn to former illness
compulsion · habit · dependency · self-medication · dopamine · tolerance · obsession · fixation
Paper-wrapped tobacco cylinder
Unable to stop oneself
- habitualDone by routine
- chronicPersisting over time
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
- routineRegular sequence of actions
pattern · ritual · tendency · propensity · inclination · automatism · regularity · practice
Without pause or break
- continuousWithout pause or gap
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- unceasingNever coming to rest
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
back-to-back · perpetual · endless · incessant · uninterrupted · sustained · prolonged · ceaseless
nicotine
Addictive tobacco alkaloid
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- dependenceState of needing another
- withdrawalAct of taking away
relapse · compulsion · habit · dependency · self-medication · dopamine · tolerance · obsession · fixation · rehabilitation
cigarette
Paper-wrapped tobacco cylinder
exhale · puff · drag · pack · tar · filter · lung · cough · menthol · roll-your-own
compulsive
Unable to stop oneself
- habitualDone by routine
- chronicPersisting over time
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
routine · pattern · ritual · tendency · propensity · inclination · automatism · regularity · practice · nervous
nonstop
Without pause or break
- continuousWithout pause or gap
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- unceasingNever coming to rest
constant · back-to-back · perpetual · endless · incessant · uninterrupted · sustained · prolonged · ceaseless · unbroken
chain-smokeabstain
Deliberately not do
quit smoking · social smoking · light smoker · casual smoker
chain, smoke, chains, chained, chaining, chainless, smokes, smoked, smoking