smoking
Example Sentences
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In a submission to the government consultation, they argue that it ranks with smoking as a threat - and say doctors should routinely check on screen time and social media use when seeing younger patients.
From BBC • May 25, 2026
It also may have been his own ironic interpretation of the unwritten Cannes rule that men should be "en smoking" -- the French term for a black-tie dress suit.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
Some contaminants can enter food from the environment, while others can form during high heat cooking methods such as heating, smoking, grilling, roasting, and frying.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
At the time, he used smokers as an example of who should lose access, no doubt because smoking is a widely unpopular and indisputably unhealthy behavior.
From Salon • May 18, 2026
Without it, Richard Doll would not have been able to prove, in 1950, that smoking causes lung cancer.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
