cigs

Pack of butts

Cigs is the plural of cig, an informal shortening of cigarette: I'm going outside for a cig, He bummed a couple cigs off me.

The clipped form appears in casual speech and writing, rarely in formal contexts.

smoking

puff

Brief burst of air

lighter · ashtray · light up · filter · menthol · tar · pack · carton · smoke rings · butt

addiction

craving

Powerful urge to have

habituation · compulsion · chain-smoking · quitting · cold turkey · relapse · nicotine patch · rehab · abstinence · cravings

slang

smokes

Cigarettes, informally

  • dartsThrown pointed missiles
  • fagsCigarettes, in Britain
  • bogiesUnknown aircraft signatures

squares · loosies · cancer sticks · coffin nails · heaters · tabs · snout · deck · pack · rollups

health

lung cancer

Malignant growth in chest

secondhand smoke · COPD · bronchitis · smoker's cough · respiratory · heart disease · stroke · toxins · stained fingers · premature aging

social

smoke break

Pause for tobacco

camaraderie · bonding · outside · designated area · smoking section · socializing · conversation · hangout · offering · stepping out

tobacco

nicotine

Addictive tobacco alkaloid

leaf · shag · rolling tobacco · Marlboro · Lucky Strike · Newport · Pall Mall · clove · hand-rolled · rollies

Opposites
health impact

cigsvitamins

Essential organic nutrients

fresh air · health food · vegetables · exercise · oxygen

tobacco product type

cigsquitting

Ceasing an activity

cigars · nicotine patches · nicotine gum · cold turkey · smoking cessation

substance/sobriety

cigssobriety

Unimpaired mental state

clean living · abstinence · quitting · cold turkey · smoke-free

Phrases
Family

cigarette, cigarettes, cig, ciggy, ciggie, ciggies

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