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  1. Smoking
    Smoking is a practice in which a substance, most commonly tobacco and/or cannabis, is burned and the smoke is tasted or inhaled. This is primarily practised as a route of administration for recreational drug use, as combustion releases the active substances in drugs such as nicotine and makes them ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking

  2. Smoking
    [Public Health] The Smoking (Public Health) Ordinance is a law in Hong Kong enacted in 1982 for smoking bans and regulation of sales of tobacco products. It has been amended several times ever since and the latest substantial amendment, known as the Smoking (Public Health) (Amendment) Ordina...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_(Public_Health)_Ordinance

  3. smoking
    [adj] - emitting smoke in great volume
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=smoking

  4. Smoking
    The process of curing food by exposure to wood smoke.
    Found op http://www.greatbritishkitchen.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view

  5. Smoking
    removes oxygen from the blood, excites the heart, and makes blood cells stick together. This often leads to high blood pressure, heart and/or lung diseases, stroke, and/or earlier death.
    Found op http://www.bcpa.co.uk/glossary.htm

  6. Smoking
    Smok'ing adjective & noun from Smoke . Smoking bean (Botany) , the long pod of the catalpa, or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a substitute for cigars. -- Smoking car , a railway car carriage reserv...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/129

  7. smoking
    From Smoke. ... <botany> Smoking bean, the long pod of the catalpa, or Indian-bean tree, often smoked by boys as a substitute for cigars. Smoking car, a railway car carriage reserved for the use of passengers who smoke tobacco. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?smoking

  8. smoking
    adjective emitting smoke in great volume; `a smoking fireplace`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=smoking

  9. smoking
    (smōk´ing) the act of drawing into the mouth and then exhaling the smoke of something, most commonly tobacco that is contained in a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. A close relationship between smoking and lung cancer and heart disease has been established.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001



  1. Smoking
    • a. & n. from Smoke. • (p. pr. & vb n.) of Smoke
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/smoking/

  2. smoking
    the act of inhaling and exhaling the fumes of burning plant material. A variety of plant materials are smoked, including marijuana and hashish, but ... [28 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/113

  3. smoking
    in food processing, the exposure of cured meat and fish products to smoke for the purposes of preserving them and increasing their palatability by ... [6 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/113

  4. Smoking
    [cooking] Smoking is the process of flavoring, cooking, or preserving food by exposing it to the smoke from burning or smoldering plant materials, most often wood. Meats and fish are the most common smoked foods, though cheeses, vegetables, and ingredients used to make beverages such as whis...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_(cooking)

  5. smoking
    smoking, inhalation and exhalation of the fumes of burning tobacco in cigars and cigarettes and pipes. Some persons draw the smoke into their lungs; others do not. Smoking was probably first practiced by the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere. Originally used in religious rituals, and in s...
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0845655.html

  6. Smoking
    Smoking is the practice of drawing into the mouth or nose the fumes of a burning vegetable substance with narcotic, sedative or stimulant properties. The chief substances thus used are tobacco, opium and cannabis. Cannabis smoking was traditionally practised in central Asia and India and across Afri...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/AS.HTM

  7. smoking
    (tobacco) Inhalation (breathing in) of the fumes from burning substances, generally tobacco in the form of cigarettes. The practice is habit-forming and dangerous to health, since carbon monoxide and other toxic materials result from the combustion process. Smoking is addictive (see addict......
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0020207.html

  8. smoking
    (meat) Method of preserving fresh oily meats (such as pork and goose) or fish (such as herring and salmon). Before being smoked, the food is first salted or soaked in brine, then hung to dry. Meat is hot-smoked over a fast-burning wood fire, which is covered with sawdust, producing thi...
    Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0039167.html

  9. Smoking
    [disambiguation] Smoking is an activity that involves the intentional burning and inhaling of a substance, most often tobacco. It may take the form of: The practice of smoking specific substances include: It may also refer to: ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking_(disambiguation)

  10. smoking
    1) Cause of lung cancer 2) Emitting smoke in great volume 3) On a streak 4) Smoky 5) This bad habit will raise your chances of heart disease
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/smoking/1

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