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noun
A unit of measure for estimating the number of cigarettes a person has previously smoked, equivalent to average number of packs (each containing 20 cigarettes) smoked per day multiplied by the number of years the person has smoked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: lifestyle, medicine, sciences, smoking
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History
Compound of pack + year.
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