Opposed to or working against smoking, especially tobacco smoking.
From 'anti-' (against) plus 'smoking,' the gerund of 'smoke.' This compound became widespread in the 1980s as public health campaigns grew against cigarettes.
Antismoking campaigns represent one of the greatest public health victories of the 20th century—in just 50 years, smoking went from glamorous to socially unacceptable in many Western countries through the power of repeated messaging.
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