antismoking

[ an-tee-smoh-king, an-tahy- ]

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adjective

opposed to or promoting the discontinuance of the smoking of tobacco:
an antismoking campaign launched by a health agency.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of antismoking¹

1960–65; anti- + smoking ( smoke (v.), -ing ¹ )

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Example Sentences

Consumers and investors alike recognize the Altria name as one linked to tobacco and tobacco-caused death and illness, though antismoking advocates played a large role in consumer education.

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Sales of the addictive, cancer-causing products have been trending downward for three decades amid an array of government antismoking programs.

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Much vaccine promotion in the United States has avoided the type of fear-based advertising commonly used in antismoking campaigns.

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