: 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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But these lawmakers put propositions out there and there’ve always been more nonsmokers than smokers, so in a democracy smokers are screwed.—David Marchese, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025 The average cost for a whole life insurance policy with a $500,000 payout is $440 per month for a 30-year-old nonsmoker in good health.—Brian Sloan, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for nonsmoker
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