passive smoking

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passive smoking

noun

  1. uncountable The involuntary inhalation of tobacco smoke by a non-smoker due to the proximity to a smoker.

    Similar: secondary smoking

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noun inhalation of smoke from somebody else's tobacco

Españoltabaquismo pasivo
日本語受動喫煙 judō kitsuen
中文二手煙 /二手烟 èrshǒuyān
Portuguêstabagismo passivo
Françaistabagisme passif
DeutschPassivrauchen
Italianofumo passivo
Românăfumat pasiv
Русскийпасси́вное куре́ние passívnoje kurénije

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@misc{passive_smoking_2026,
  title = {passive smoking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/passive%20smoking},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}