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
Eeva	E:-vah	Finnish
Aldric	-	French, Ancient Germanic
Lauren	['lɔ:rən]
Hanae	hah-nah-e	Japanese
Roslyn	RAHZ-lin	English
Suzanne	[su:'zæn]