chain-smoker

Lights another immediately

A chain-smoker is someone who smokes cigarettes continuously, lighting each new one from the previous.

The term suggests compulsive or heavy smoking: He's been a chain-smoker since his twenties.

The verb is chain-smoke: She chain-smoked through the whole interview.

paraphernalia

cigarettes

Paper-wrapped tobacco for smoking

pack · filter · menthol · carton · rolling papers · tobacco pouch · Zippo · butts · cigarette case · nicotine stains

addiction

nicotine

Addictive tobacco alkaloid

relapse · recovery · detoxification · rehabilitation · cold turkey · intervention · self-medication · tolerance · dopamine · substance abuse

health

lung cancer

Malignant growth in chest

heart disease · stroke · respiratory issues · shortness of breath · oral cancer · atherosclerosis · bladder cancer · wheezing · oxygen tank · raspy voice

habit

pack-a-day

Daily cigarette carton consumption

automatic · ingrained · persistent · chronic · repetitive · unrelenting · habituated · entrenched · continual · ritualistic

physical

raspy voice

Harsh, scratchy speech quality

dry skin

Opposites
smoking frequency/intensity

chain-smokersocial smoker

Infrequent, situational cigarette user

light smoker · casual smoker · nonsmoker · non-smoker

relationship to tobacco/smoking

chain-smokernon-smoker

One who abstains from tobacco

nonsmoker · abstainer · never-smoker · teetotaler · ex-smoker

Family

smoke, chain, smoking, smoked, smoker, unchain, smokers, unchained, chainmail

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG