smoker

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]

chain-smoker

n. someone who smokes cigarette after cigarette. She was a chain-smoker for thirty years, and then suddenly, boom. She’s gone.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Cuthbert	KUTH-burt	English (Rare)
Trenton	TREN-tən	English
Rosalynne	ROZ-ə-lin	English (Rare)
Laurette	-	French
Lovel	-	English (Rare)
Normand	-	English