Definition of "nonsmoking" []

• Not engaging in the smoking of tobacco: nonsmoking passengers. (adjective)
• Designated or reserved for nonsmokers: the nonsmoking section of a restaurant. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I don't force you to smoke, but I don't want to hear you complain or preach to me about nonsmoking which is your choice."
• "I just spent two days in a "nonsmoking" room that happened to be next to a room occupied by a chain smoker."
• "I just spent two days in a "nonsmoking" room next to a room occupied by a chain smoker."