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title: "chain-smoker · GenZ Decoded"
description: "chain-smoker: A person who smokes cigarettes one after another. Example: \"He was a chain-smoker back then.\" Meaning, Boomer usage, and related slang."
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# chain-smoker

Boomer[#drugs](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/drugs/)

**Meaning.** A person who smokes cigarettes one after another.

See it in a sentence

He was a chain-smoker back then.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [crackie](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/crackie/),[flavored air](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/flavored-air/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [vaper](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/vaper/)

- Gen X

    No word for this one yet.

- Boomer · this one

    chain-smoker

- Plain English

    person who smokes cigarettes one after another

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## Related slang

- [blazed](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/blazed/): Intoxicated, especially high on marijuana.
- [blitzed](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/blitzed/): Extremely intoxicated, often from alcohol or other substances.
- [crackie](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/crackie/): A person who vapes, juuls, or smokes very frequently.
- [cross fade](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/cross-fade/): Being intoxicated by two substances at once, such as alcohol and cannabis.

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