antismoking

antismoking
/an'tee smoh"king, an'tuy-/, adj.
opposed to or promoting the discontinuance of the smoking of tobacco: an antismoking campaign launched by a health agency.
[1960-65; ANTI- + smoking (see SMOKE (v.), -ING1)]

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