heavy smoker
collocation in Englishmeaningsofheavyandsmoker
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heavy
adjective
uk/ˈhev.i/us/ˈhev.i/
weighing a lot, and needing effort to move ...
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smoker
noun[C]
uk/ˈsməʊ.kər/us/ˈsmoʊ.kɚ/
someone who smokes ...
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(Definition ofheavyandsmokerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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A 70-year-old maleheavysmokerwith mild emphysema contracted the disease during a cruise.
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Social stigma (and, in the first two cases, state action) arises when those acts are respectively performed by an alcoholic,heavysmoker, or obese person.
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He had been aheavysmokerand drinker in his life.
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Our three cases were all 70 years or older, and the index case was aheavysmokerwith mild emphysema.
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They included one veryheavysmokerwho had epilepsy, which constituted an even greater potential risk.
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She had had 12 previous pregnancies and was aheavysmoker.
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I am sure he would be with us today had he not been aheavysmoker.
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Whether the taxpayer is richer than the contributor depends entirely on such absurd factors as whether a particular taxpayer is aheavysmokeror not.
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First, the incidence of lung cancer in an industrial area shows the same discrepancy as between the non-smoker and theheavysmoker.
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I speak as a former addict of tobacco andheavysmoker, one who now finds the habit particularly pernicious.
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It is not a risk either of being fat and becoming a non-smoker, or of being aheavysmokerand slim.
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It is 1 in 8, if you are aheavysmoker, and 1 in 12 or 15 if you are a light smoker.
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It does for oneheavysmokerin 10, and one may gamble on being one of the other nine.
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I have to confess to being aheavysmoker.
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I am not saying that he is aheavysmoker.
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In my case, my father, who was aheavysmoker, died shortly after he retired.
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The first is the extent to which the average cigarette smoker is at risk, even compared with theheavysmoker.
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The best thing for aheavysmokerto do is to give up smoking entirely.
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If aheavysmokercuts down his smoking, he improves his chances of a long life.
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He had been aheavysmokerwith a cough.
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