What Is Chain Smoking?

Chain smoking is the practice of smoking several cigarettes in succession, sometimes using the ember of a finished cigarette to light the next. The term chain smoker often also refers to a person who smokes relatively constantly, though not necessarily chaining each cigarette.

What do you mean by 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.

How can you tell a chain smoker?

Tell-tale signs of smoking
  1. Nails and fingers: Nails and fingers of smokers may take a yellow stain due to repeated exposure to smoke and tar in smoke.
  2. Moustaches: Moustaches especially is elderly with white hair show a clear pattern of yellowing in centre showing chronic exposure to smoke [Figure 1].
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