pack a day

Heavy cigarette consumption

Pack a day describes the habit of smoking one pack of cigarettes—typically twenty—each day.

It's a standard unit for measuring smoking intensity, often used in medical contexts: He's been a pack-a-day smoker for thirty years.

Two packs a day indicates heavier use.

The phrase sometimes appears as an adjective: a pack-a-day habit.

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Categories
Opposites
smoking frequency/quantity

pack a daynon-smoker

One who abstains from tobacco

smoke-free · tobacco-free · quit smoking · social smoker · light smoker

smoking status

pack a daynon-smoker

One who abstains from tobacco

smoke-free · quit smoking · ex-smoker · former smoker · kicked the habit

health behavior

pack a dayclean living

Morally upright lifestyle

gym rat · health-conscious · health nut · fitness fanatic · teetotaler

Family

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG