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
FİDan	-	Turkish, Azerbaijani
Anslow	['ænsləu]
Ericka	ER-i-kə	English
Nacho	NAH-cho	Spanish
Phinees	-	Biblical Greek
Cressida	KRES-ə-də (English)	Literature