chain smoker

A person who smokes cigarettes continuously, such that he or she begins a new cigarette as (or almost as) soon as the last one is extinguished. My grandmother died of emphysema after being a chain smoker for most of her adult life.

chain smoker

One who smokes continually by lighting a new cigarette from the one being finished, as in Before they forbade smoking, bridge tournaments often attracted players who are chain smokers . [c. 1930]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Javiera	hah-VYE-rah	Spanish
Skanda	-	Hinduism
Coline	-	French
Nadir	-	Arabic
Yelena	ye-LYE-nah, ee-LYE-nah	Russian
Rostom	-	Georgian