Definition of "smokeless" [smoke•less]

• Emitting or containing little or no smoke: smokeless factory stacks. (adjective)
• Free from the use of smoking tobacco or from the smoke generated by such use: a smokeless society; a smokeless office setting. (adjective)

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• "Reynolds petitioned the FDA earlier this year to change a label on smokeless products to No tobacco product is safe, but this product presents substantially lower risks to health than cigarettes.''"
• "Public-health officials as high ranking as the surgeon general continued calling smokeless just as dangerous as cigarettes long after published research showed otherwise."
• "In January, Philip Morris withdrew a so-called smokeless product, Taboka Tobaccopaks."