: a person who does not smoke tobacco : a person who is not a smoker
Radon poisoning is the leading cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.—Jonathan Scholles
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At the time, smoking was seen as annoying to nonsmokers but not necessarily hazardous to them.—David Zipper, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 Patients ages 20 to 46 years with non-small cell lung cancer are more likely to be female, to be nonsmokers and have a more advanced stage of the disease when diagnosed.—Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Dec. 2024 Compared with the nonsmokers and cigarette smokers, the people who used vapes with nicotine had the most significant reduction in vascular function.—Jen Christensen, CNN, 25 Nov. 2024 Researchers from the University of Colorado Boulder analyzed 27 young adults aged 19–25, including nonsmokers, e-cigarette users and tobacco smokers.—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nonsmoker
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