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English
Etymology
From non- + smoking.
Adjective
non-smoking (not comparable)
- Having restrictions on smoking.
- Synonym: smoke-free
We want a table in the non-smoking sector.
1964 March, “Beyond the Channel: Western Germany: More non-smoking accommodation”, in Modern Railways, page 205:A recent public-opinion poll in local trains to and from representative large cities showed 52 per cent of passengers to prefer travel in non-smoking and 38 per cent in smoking accommodation, whilst 10 per cent expressed indifference. The percentage varied considerably according to the region; in the Karlsruhe area 60 per cent preferred non-smoking accommodation and only 27 per cent preferred to smoke.
2022 February 23, Benedict le Vay, “Part of rail's past... present... and future”, in RAIL, number 951, page 54:It amused me, by the way, when I was told on the Jacobite steam service in Scotland that "this is a non-smoking train". I was looking up at the sky and saw a quarter-mile-long duvet of steam and smoke that the locomotive had laid there.
- Using no tobacco products.
We have a room for a non-smoking tenant.
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Translations
having restrictions on smoking
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