non-smoking

alternative nonsmoking

1. not comparableHaving restrictions on smoking.

   We want a table in the non-smoking section.

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   The practice of labelling non-smoking compartments originated in Great Britain on the South Eastern & Chatham Railway, which made the innovation on March 1, 1920. Compartments so labelled had been a familiar feature on Continental railways for many years before that time.

   1957 May 28, “The Why and the Wherefore: "Non-Smoking" Compartments”, in Railway Magazine, page 367

   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.

   1964 March, “Beyond the Channel: Western Germany: More non-smoking accommodation”, in Modern Railways, page 205

   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.

   2022 February 23, Benedict le Vay, “Part of rail's past... present... and future”, in RAIL, number 951, page 54

   Synonyms: smoke-free

2. not comparableUsing no tobacco products.

   We have a room for a non-smoking tenant.

alternative nonsmoking

1. uncountableThe act of abstaining from smoking; a policy of doing so.

   Yes, your Honor: non-smoking has been our policy in all of our hotel rooms for at least twenty years, and Mr Jones clearly knew that.

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   Regular exercise, a healthy diet, moderation of alcohol use, non-smoking, and annual checkups can all reduce the risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.