smoking

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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

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

If we’re all so susceptible to social influence—to quitting smoking when our friends do, getting into solar when our neighbors do, voting and protesting when our roommates do—then we’re all also purveyors of social influence.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

During one of these interruptions, he saw them standing on the concrete apron out front smoking and talking and swigging bottles of Coca-Cola.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson