pack-years

A form of pack-year — A unit of measure for estimating the number of cigarettes a person has previously smoked, equivalent to average number of packs (each containing 20 cigarettes) smoked per day multiplied by the number of years the person has smoked.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of pack-year
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“pack-years.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack-years. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pack-years,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pack-years.

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