pack-a-day smoker

Daily tobacco devotee

A pack-a-day smoker is someone who smokes roughly twenty cigarettes daily—one standard pack.

The phrase serves as a benchmark for heavy tobacco use, often appearing in medical contexts: He was a pack-a-day smoker for thirty years before quitting.

Variations like two-pack-a-day smoker indicate even heavier consumption.

Related

tar · lungs · habit · addiction · Marlboro · craving · step outside · carton · matches · raspy · wheeze · porch · stale · menthol · filter · butt · exhale · withdrawal

Categories
Opposites
smoking frequency and commitment

pack-a-day smokernonsmoker

One avoiding tobacco use

never-smoker · non-smoker · social smoker · ex-smoker · former smoker

health behavior orientation

pack-a-day smokerhealth nut

Wellness-obsessed person

gym rat · teetotaler · vegan

Family

pack, smoker, packs, packed, packing, packer, package, packaging, packaged

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG