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- noun somebody who does not smoke
tobacco .
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Examples
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I said, and repeated the surprising scientific finding that physician Harry Lodge, my co-moderator, would never say in a public forum: "A fat guy who smokes a pack a day and exercises will outlive a thin, non-smoker who is sedentary."
Promote yourself to chief executive officer for good health 2011
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A lifelong yoga addict and juice faster, she was always underweight, a non-smoker and a healthy eater.
MeiMei Fox: Barbra Streisand Takes the Stage for Women and Heart Disease MeiMei Fox 2011
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Using the method, I envisioned myself as a non-smoker and focused on what I was gaining, not on what I was losing.
Catherine New: Why Scary Images Didn't Help Me Quit Smoking Catherine New 2011
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All I can plead in my defence is that as a non-smoker, I know nothing about the habits of smokers.
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A smoker is likely to die rather young, whereas a non-smoker is likely to live quite some time as an old person, collecting Social Security and receiving care for a wide variety of old person ailments.
Brad DeLong on Health Care, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Even on World No Tobacco Day, non-smoker, not everyone wants to be saved.
Yes, smoking kills – but not everyone wants to be saved | Tanya Gold 2011
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DiscountHealthInsurance. com (30 yr old single male, non-smoker) I found HMO's in the $500 per month range and catastrophic style plans as low as $250.
Health Care Reform, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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"Failed attempts are part of the normal journey toward becoming a non-smoker."
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Whatever the merits of NYC's war on cigarettes (which I don't like even though I'm a non-smoker), its not premised on the idea that taxes will not effect the amount of the good consumed.
Economics vs. Populism, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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One as a healthy non-smoker young male, I am choosing the least amount of coverage I need, basically a plan that only pays after 5k of medical expenses.
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