presmoking

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adjective

Before smoking a cigarette etc.

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Meanings

adjectivepresmoking (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore smoking a cigarette etc.

    In the placebo condition, heart rate decreased consistently from presmoking levels.

    1972, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Volumes 190-191, New York Academy of Sciences, page 211
    1 more example

    Stewart and Livson (129) had access to records from the presmoking years from kindergarten through high school, of smokers and nonsmokers at age 30.

    1982, Fred Leavitt, Drugs and behavior, page 185

Origin

From pre- + smoking.

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APA

presmoking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presmoking

MLA

“presmoking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/presmoking. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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