chain smoking
Continuous tobacco consumption
Chain smoking is smoking cigarettes continuously, lighting each new one from the previous.
The image is of an unbroken chain—one cigarette linked to the next.
Chain smoker and chain-smoke follow the same pattern: He chain-smoked through the entire interview.
The formation extends to other compulsive behaviors: chain-watching TV episodes.
- nicotineAddictive tobacco alkaloid
- cigarettesPaper-wrapped tobacco for smoking
- cancer sticksDerogatory term for cigarettes
- pack a dayDaily cigarette box habit
- ashtrayCigarette disposal dish
lighter · tobacco · cravings · nicotine patch · addiction · pack · inhale · exhale · yellowed · yellow teeth · fingers · stained · nervous · nervous habit · habit · stress · menthol · butts
- bad habitsdrinking, lying, swearing, gossiping, overeating
- smokingcigarette, cigar, pipe, lighter, ashtray
- risky behaviorreckless driving, drunk driving, speeding, drug abuse, binge drinking
- substance usedrug use, alcohol use, substance abuse, drug abuse, recreational use
- harmful copingself-harm, self-injury, self-sabotage, self-destruction, self-medication
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
chain smokingsocial smoking
Infrequent situational cigarette consumption
chain smokingnonsmoking
Prohibiting tobacco use
non-smoking · abstinence · smoke-free · quitting smoking · tobacco-free
chain, smoke, chains, chained, chaining, chainless, smokes, smoked, smoking