Passive-smoking
noun
1.
the inhaling of cigarette, cigar, and pipe smoke of others, especially by a nonsmoker in an enclosed area.
noun
1.
the inhalation of smoke from other people’s cigarettes by a nonsmoker
noun
involuntary inhaling of smoke created by others
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