no smoking

Tobacco use banned

No smoking is a directive prohibiting the use of cigarettes, cigars, pipes, and increasingly vaping devices in a designated area.

It appears on signs, in regulations, and as part of policies in workplaces, restaurants, airplanes, and public spaces.

The no smoking sign was posted prominently at the entrance.

What once required explicit signage has become the default in many indoor spaces, with smoking areas now being the exception rather than the rule.

Opposites
permission/prohibition

no smokingsmoking area

Zone for tobacco use

smoking section · smoking lounge · smoking room · cigar lounge · hookah lounge

health/safety stance

no smokingcigarette advertising

Promoting cigarettes commercially

smoke up · light up

Family

smoking, smoker, smokers, smokeless, nonsmoking, unsmoked, antismoking, non-smoker, non-smokers

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